[Courtesy]The Trump administration says it has reunited more than 1,800 migrant children with family members by a court-ordered deadline. This includes 1,442 children back with their parents in US immigration custody and 378 others released in "appropriate circumstances", says a court filing. ALSO READ: Trump hits back at Iran with explosive threatBut more than 700 children are not "eligible" to be reunited, including 431 with parents no longer in the US. The government instituted the policy in a "zero tolerance" crackdown on illegal immigration at the border with Mexico earlier this year. A court order imposed a deadline on the Trump administration to release all children aged between five and 17.
Source: Standard Digital July 27, 2018 07:41 UTC