The cost of holding migrant children who have been separated from their parents in newly created “tent cities” is $775 per person per night, according to an official at the Department of Health and Human Services cited by NBC News.

That’s far higher than the cost of keeping children with their parents in detention centers or holding them in more permanent buildings, NBC reports. The report said the reason for the high cost is that the sudden urgency to bring in security, air conditioning, medical workers and other government contractors far surpasses the cost for structures that are routinely staffed. By contrast, keeping children with their parents in detention centers like the one run by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement in Dilley, Texas cost $298 per resident per night, according to an agency estimate. President Donald Trump is facing mounting criticism from both Democrats and Republicans for the forced separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Also read:Trump administration holding hundreds of babies, toddlers at ‘tender age’ migrant facilities.

GOP strategist says he’s quitting party: The Hill reports Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, one of the GOP’s loudest critics of President Trump, renounced the party early Wednesday and announced that he will begin voting for Democrats. Schmidt slammed Trump in a Twitter thread, saying he was leaving the party that once ended slavery. Schmidt referenced the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy for border crossings, which has led to the separation of parents and children during prosecution proceedings.

More Dems say they won’t back Pelosi: Politico writes a growing number of Democratic hopefuls say they won’t back Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for speaker if Democrats win the House in the midterm elections this fall. At least 20 House Democratic challengers have publicly rejected Pelosi on the campaign trail, Politico says. If Democrats win the House by a narrow margin, Pelosi could lose only a handful of lawmakers’ support and still secure the 218 votes needed to clinch the speakership in a floor vote.

Drew Hammill, the California Democrat’s spokesman, told Politico, “Leader Pelosi has always enjoyed the overwhelming support of House Democrats and that will continue into the majority she’s so focused on winning.”

Also see:Trump urges House Republicans to pass immigration bill, but doesn’t say he’ll end family separations.

‘Kangaroo court’: President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani referred to the team of special counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday night as a “kangaroo court” and suggested it would be malpractice for him to allow Trump to agree to an interview, the Washington Post writes.

Giuliani was asked by Fox News host Sean Hannity if he could “foresee any circumstances” under which he would allow Trump to appear before Mueller, who is investigating possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s campaign in 2016. “Do I look crazy?” Giuliani responded. “So far, you know, I still have all my senses, and I’m a heck of a lawyer. And I get drummed out of the profession if I did. I mean, the reality is, you don’t put your client in a kangaroo court.”

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