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- The Trump administration said Tuesday evening it’s on pace to reunite 1,637 “eligible” immigrant children with their families by Thursday’s deadline.
- But the government says the remaining 914 children are currently ineligible because their parents either have criminal histories or they can’t be found.
- Lawyers criticized the reunification process, arguing that parents have been given inadequate legal information.
- In some cases, the parents may have signed forms giving away their children without fully understanding what that meant.
The Trump administration says it’s on pace to reunite most of the 2,551 separated children with their parents by a court-ordered deadline on Thursday — but lawyers are raising red flags, saying parents aren’t getting adequate legal counsel about their rights and options.
The government has deemed 1,637 of the separated children “eligible” for reunification, and said in a court hearing Tuesday evening it has already reunited 1,012, prompting US District Judge Dana Sabraw to praise the reunification efforts as “a remarkable achievement.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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