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- 17 states have sued President Donald Trump’s administration to try and force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated.
- The states are all led by Democratic attorneys general.
- Despite Trump’s executive order last week ending new arrivals from being separated from family members, 2,047 immigrant children have yet to be reunited with their parents.
The states, all of which are led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, D.C., in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. It’s the first legal challenge by states over the practice.
“The administration’s practice of separating families is cruel, plain and simple,” New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in an emailed statement. “Every day, it seems like the administration is issuing new, contradictory policies and relying on new, contradictory justifications. But we can’t forget: the lives of real people hang in the balance.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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- The government says it reunited 522 immigrant children separated from their parents under Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy — but thousands more remain
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