Border officials may have taken child of US citizen into custody
U.S. officials at the southern border may have taken a child of a U.S. citizen into custody, administration lawyers revealed Tuesday.
In a court filing to give an update on efforts to reunite families, lawyers for the Department of Justice (DOJ) said the administration is unable to determine if the child was separated from the parent, and the government hasn’t been able to locate the parent for more than a year.
The child is under the age of 5, according to the filing. Officials did not give any other details about the child or the parent's potential whereabouts.
One child “cannot be reunified at this time because the parent’s location has been unknown for more than a year,” the filing said. “Defendants are unable to conclusively determine whether the parent is a class member, and records show the parent and child might be U.S. citizens.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/396352-border-officials-may-have-taken-child-of-us-citizen-into-custody