Federal Court Rebuffs Trump Administration鈥檚 Foot Dragging on Family Reunification

Orders List of Children Forcibly Taken From Parents

July 6, 2018 5:30 pm

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SAN DIEGO 鈥 A federal court ordered the Trump administration to produce 鈥 by tomorrow 5 p.m. PT 鈥 a list of all the children under 5 that it forcibly separated from their parents.

The 老澳门开奖结果 won a June 26 preliminary injunction requiring reunification of children under 5 within 14 days, and all children within 30 days.

The parties were back in court today for a hearing before U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw. When the government was unable to provide a precise update to the court on the progress of reunification, the judge ordered the Trump administration to produce a list of children under 5. The court also left intact the reunification deadlines despite a last-minute government filing suggesting it needed more time.

Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, had this reaction:

鈥淭he judge made it very clear he wasn鈥檛 going to allow the Trump administration to drag its feet on reunifying these children with their parents. We oppose the administration鈥檚 efforts to further prolong the suffering of these families.鈥