BREAKING: Lawyers say Trump admin has handed over new data that will help reunite separated migrant families.
"Not only have they not been helping but they have been withholding this data forever," @ACLU's @leegelernt told @NBCNews.
With @JuliaEAinsley. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
NBC News reported in November parents of 666 kids had yet to be found, making the path to reunification difficult. Filing on Wednesday said some families have since been identified, bringing number of parents whose whereabouts are still unknown to 628. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
"We have been repeatedly asking the Trump admin... for any additional data they might have to help locate the families," said @leegelernt. "Unfortunately, it took the issue reaching the level of a presidential debate to move them to give us this data." nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
President-elect Joe Biden has said he will set up a task force to find and reunite separated families, though his transition team has not yet committed to giving parents who have been deported the option of coming to the United States to reunite. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
In response our report, @JoaquinCastrotx, candidate for chair of @HouseForeign, calls for reunification of families in the U.S. and says a "human rights commission should investigate what happened, even refer prosecutions."
President-elect Biden called Trump’s family separations “criminal.” Did he really mean it? We do not yet know.
The @ACLU’s @leegelernt joined @maddow Friday night to react to the details we reported above. Must-watch.
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