--- title: Lewandowski Mocks Story of Migrant Child With Down Syndrome description: Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski mocked an anecdote of a 10-year-old with Down syndrome separated from mother at the border canonical: https://time.com/5316822/corey-lewandowski-womp-womp/ author: Laignee Barron article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-20T05:36:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:31:31.022Z article:section: Politics og:title: Corey Lewandowski Mocks Migrant Child With Down Syndrome og:description: Told the girl was separated at the border, he responded "womp, womp," og:url: https://time.com/5316822/corey-lewandowski-womp-womp/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf022819512b422bb/69893365ab6d7721b96b2fc6/gettyimages-886447878.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: ABC's "The View" - Season 20 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Corey Lewandowski Mocks Migrant Child With Down Syndrome twitter:description: Told the girl was separated at the border, he responded "womp, womp," twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf022819512b422bb/69893365ab6d7721b96b2fc6/gettyimages-886447878.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Corey Lewandowski Mocks Story About 10-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Separated From Her Mother at the Border > Sponsored content. 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In a sudden reversal, President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that he says will keep together immigrant families who have been detained at the U.S. border_ by [Laignee Barron](https://time.com/author/laignee-barron/) ## Laignee Barron Jun 20, 2018 5:36 AM UTC In a sudden reversal, President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that he says will keep together immigrant families who have been detained at the U.S. border by [Laignee Barron](https://time.com/author/laignee-barron/) ## Laignee Barron Jun 20, 2018 5:36 AM UTC Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski mocked an anecdote about a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome being separated from her mother at the U.S.-Mexico border due to the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy on immigration. During an appearance on Fox News Tuesday night, Lewandowski [responded](https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/corey-lewandowski-undocumented-immigrant-womp-womp/index.html) “womp, womp” when fellow panelist Zac Petkanas shared the account he had read, CNN reports. Petkanas, a former senior Democratic National Committee adviser, said the 10-year-old had been “taken from her mother and put in a cage.” > [](https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1009226847471783936) The girl’s story was originally shared by Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray, who called the ordeal “particularly painful.” The girl and her brother were sent to a U.S. detention facility in McAllen, Texas, while their mother was sent an hour away to Brownsville, Videgaray added. The Trump administration has come under intense criticism for the zero tolerance [policy](http://time.com/5314769/family-separation-policy-donald-trump/) which separates children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to criminally prosecute all undocumented crossings. Since May, [2,342 children](http://time.com/5316764/toddler-immigrants-tender-age-shelters/), some just infants, have been separated from their families, and put in the government’s care, according to federal officials. President Donald Trump has argued that he sees no alternative to family separations in order to ensure illegal immigrants do not “pour into” and “[infest](http://time.com/5316087/donald-trump-immigration-infest/)” the country. ## Transcript [00:00] Okay. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] You're gonna have a [00:04] lot of happy people. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Thank [00:08] you again. Mr. President why did [00:12] you wait so long to sign [00:16] this? [ UNKNOWN ] This has been going [00:20] on for 60 years. 60 years nobody's [00:25] taken care of it. Nobody's had the political courage to [00:29] take care of it. But we're going to take care of it. It's [00:31] been going on. 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