Immigration Deadline for Reuniting Families Remains, Judge Says
- U.S. says 38 of 102 kids under 5 to be returned by end of day
- Government ‘has an obligation to reunite’ them, judge says
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The Trump administration had a “firm” court-ordered deadline to reunite 102 children under the age of 5 who were taken from their undocumented immigrant parents. That’s not going to happen.
At a hearing Tuesday in San Diego, Justice Department lawyers told a judge that logistical issues complicated many of the reunions and that only 38 of the children would be reunited with their parents by the end of the day. About 2,900 older kids must be returned to their parents by July 26.