Trump admin asks for more time to reunite kids and parents separated at border

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News




The Justice Department asked a federal judge Friday to extend the court-ordered deadlines for reuniting nearly 3,000 migrant children with their parents.

by Julia Ainsley / Jul.06.2018 / 10:41 AM ET / Updated 10:40 AM ET

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asked a federal judge Friday to extend the court mandated deadlines for reuniting nearly 3,000 migrant children who were separated from their parents while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Attorneys for the U.S. government claimed the court mandate for returning all children under age 5 to their parents by July 10 and all other children by July 26 does not account for the time required to verify and vet each parent.

"The government does not wish to unnecessarily delay reunification," lawyers for the Justice Department said in their response to the court. "At the same time, however, the government has a strong interest in ensuring that any release of a child from government custody occurs in a manner that ensures the safety of the child."

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that his agency is using DNA testing to confirm parent-child relationships for nearly 3,000 children.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-asks-more-time-reunite-kids-parents-separated-border-n889301?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[RandySF]

1. HELL NO!

[in2herbs]

2. That's fine. Just lock up Azar until the order is fully complied with.

[duforsure]

3. Sure they do,

They want to hold them forever to hurt them and their parents with. That's what they recently went to court trying to get. They're still trying to do this to them. They should also be ordered to take a picture of each child, and where they are at , and made to post them online where their parents could find them , and get them back quicker, or stop all immigration arrests until they return every one of them.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. More time to rectify something that should never have happened.

SMDH.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Being honest here,these people

were never going to attempt to meet the Court Mandate. Secondly,there are Private Concentration Camp build outs that need to be completed before Interment Orders are cut.

This is the White Nationalist's Wet Dream my friends.

[SamKnause]

6. FUCK you and your administration !!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone of this kidnappers and torturers should be locked up today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[barbtries]

7. fucking bastards.

at the same time they're building a huge tent city at Fort Bliss. who are those for, if they're going to reunite these families?

[CrispyQ]

8. My guess - they haven't kept track of them & can't reunite them because they never planned to.

These fucks should rot. There is not a place bad enough for these fucks.

[C_U_L8R]

9. They should be paying each kid $1000 a day.

That might speed things up - as money seems to be the only thing that motivates right-wingers.

[angrychair]

10. Did we all miss the DNA TEST part?!?

The very point that they are doing DNA tests means that they had zero intentions of reuniting any child with any parent

[flibbitygiblets]

11. Uh, is fall good for you guys? Mar-a-Lago needs temporary foreign workers, just saying...

Silly federal judges! There's no $ to made in reuniting families. Unlimited detention is where the $ is at. All at taxpayer expense, profiting private companies, of course.

You know, like Jesus would have done.

[Xipe Totec]

12. time required to verify and vet each parent? Now they need proof of innocence?

Why is the burden suddenly on the parents to prove they are the parents?

[ancianita]

13. Same players should be able to reverse deliver the kids by all the same routes & times. No excuses.