ACLU: Less than half of child reunions will meet deadline

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By ELLIOT SPAGAT
1 hour ago

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union said it appears the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite young children who were separated at the border with their parents in more than half of the cases.

The ACLU said late Sunday the administration provided it with a list of 102 children under 5 years old and that “appears likely that less than half will be reunited” by Tuesday’s deadline.

The Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw for more time last week but the judge on Friday did not grant a blanket extension, saying only that he would consider certain exceptions. He told the two sides to discuss possible exceptions and report to him Monday. The Justice Department was working through the weekend on a path toward unification and was preparing a progress report for the court.

Children were increasingly separated from their parents after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in May that a zero-tolerance policy on illegally entering the country was in full effect. While parents were criminally prosecuted, children were placed in custody of the Health and Human Services Department.

Read more: https://apnews.com/25528d4880b541b798ba26ba645627aa/ACLU:-Less-than-half-of-child-reunions-will-meet-deadline

[duforsure]

1. All media should now respond,

And refuse to use trump and his minions no more on air , refuse to say his name, and give them all no exposure other than trump and the gop have kidnapped these children , and aren't giving them back yet. They should boycott all trump and gop until all of them are returned, and repeat airing what they've done to these children.

[safeinOhio]

2. Satanic Child Sex Ring....

Can their be any doubt?

[Ohiogal]

3. So, what happens when they fail miserably to make this deadline?

What kind of penalties will there be?

[Hortensis]

4. Due to villainy in Customs and Border Protection

especially. No excuses for any other agencies, including DHS and HHR, for their involvement in this atrocity, but investigation into how this happened sounds like a major focus should be on CBP.

Apparently DHS initially set up a record system meant to maintain proper identification, including family ID numbers which would carry across departments and ID wristlets for the children. But CBP actively deleted the connections from the computer files. Records have reportedly been both "lost" and destroyed.