Bulk of families separated at US-Mexico border remain apart

The report also said more than 700 of the parents in question have final deportation orders, though a federal judge has barred the expulsion of those parents until at least a week after they regain their children. The ACLU asked the judge to require the government to provide a list of all the adult immigrants with final deportation orders, saying those parents would need legal counsel about options for themselves and their children. Attorneys for the US government and the ACLU are due in court again on Friday for a status hearing before US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego on reunification progress.

The parents and children were separated as part of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal immigration. Many of the families entered the United States illegally, while some sought asylum at border crossings, after fleeing violence and upheavals in their home countries. Children were sent to multiple care facilities across the United States, while their parents were incarcerated in immigration detention centers or federal prisons.

Sabraw has said repeatedly that he expects the government to meet the deadline he has imposed. Federal officials have said that all children under the age of 5 who were separated have since been reunited.

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