06-27-2018, 11:36 AM
Quote:A federal judge ruled that US immigration agents must reunite migrant children who have been separated from their parents.Children younger than 5 years old need to be reunited within 14 days of the order, and children 5 years old and older within 30 days. More than 2,300 migrant children were separated after US President Donald Trump's administration began a "zero tolerance" policy in early May. Earlier on Tuesday a cabinet secretary said the US won't reunite migrant children separated at the border unless their parents get asylum or agree to be deported.A federal judge ruled that migrant families need to be reunited - Business Insider
Quote:Seventeen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its now-halted practice of separating migrant families that illegally cross the US-Mexico border. The lawsuit seeks to force the government to reunite the thousands of families it separated. The filing is teeming with heart-wrenching stories about traumatized children, including one of a South American boy who allegedly wanted to jump out a window because he missed his family.Lawsuit: Migrant boy nearly jumped out window after family separation - Business Insider