US Judge Wants Faster Identification of Separated Families
Source: Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — A judge said Tuesday it appeared the Trump administration could identify potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border in much less time than the one to two years officials want to complete the work, though he was reluctant to impose a deadline.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw asked lawyers for the administration and for the American Civil Liberties Union to reach an agreement before an April 24 hearing that will include Jonathan White, a U.S. Health and Human Services Department official who led a previous effort that reunited more than 2,700 children with their families.
The judge frequently praises White, saying Tuesday he had “great credibility” and was nonpartisan.
The Justice Department has said it will take as long as two years to review about 47,000 cases involving unaccompanied children who were taken into U.S. government custody between July 1, 2017, and June 25, 2018, the day before Sabraw halted the general practice of splitting families and ordered that children in custody be reunited with their parents.
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April 16, 2019 11:01 PM
Associated Press
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