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Article snippet: First lady surprise visit to the Texas border on Thursday. In a statement released by the White House after the trip, the first lady said her visit to a nonprofit shelter housing migrant children impacted her "greatly." “I was very impressed with the center and the hardworking staff and leadership there – and thank them for all of their hard work," Trump said. "It is my hope that Members of Congress will finally reach across the aisle and work together to solve this problem with common sense immigration reform that secures our borders and keeps families together,” she added. The first lady visited Texas earlier Thursday to meet immigrant children separated from their families as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. She made a stop at Upbring New Hope Children’s Center in McAllen, Texas, a shelter that houses about 55 kids, ages 5 to 17, who are mostly from Guatemala. Six of the children were separated from their parents while the rest arrived as unaccompanied minors, according to a senior administration official. The first lady made the trip a day after signed an executive order intended to stop the separation of children from adults who illegally cross the United States' southern border, a practice that has been widely criticized in the U.S. and internationally. Trump's reversal followed days of assurances from the White House that such an order would be unconstitutional as well as incorrect accusations blaming Democrats ... Link to the full article to read more