Thread by @ZoeTillman

On Friday, a judge ordered the administration to give the ACLU a list by Saturday of children under five who likely fall under the judge's reunification order -- DOJ said they ID'd 101 children. ACLU spox says they got the list and are reviewing. Prev: buzzfeed.com/coralewis/the-…

Another hearing is set for Monday at 10am PT to discuss next steps. On Friday, DOJ said it might have trouble locating parents who were already released. The ACLU said it could try to help with that. Judge seemed hesitant to approve a blanket deadline extension absent more info

Update: The ACLU says it received a list of 102 names over the weekend of children under 5 who were separated from parents at the border. Per ACLU, it appears less than half of those children will be reunited by the court-ordered Tuesday's deadline. Prev: buzzfeed.com/coralewis/the-…

According to the ACLU, the govt provided "incomplete information" by the Saturday deadline, and then provided revised info yesterday. The judge has set another hearing to discuss status for 10am PT today

Asked about the ACLU's assertions last night, an admin official issued a statement (no specific attribution permitted) saying the results of the admin's reunification efforts were "highly encouraging" and that DOJ was "eager" to present progress to the judge

Latest hearing just ended in the family separations case in San Diego. Latest #s:
- Of 102 children ID's as potentially eligible for reunification under judge's order, 6 ineligible — 3 b/c of parent's criminal history, 3 b/c accompanying adult turned out not to be a parent

- Of 96 children under 5 remaining (102 originally ID's minus 6 deemed ineligible), DOJ says 59 are likely to be reunified by judge's deadline tomorrow — 54 basically confirmed, and govt is waiting for confirmation for 5 to make sure the parent passes the background check

- For 9 children, the parent has been removed from the US, and the govt has given the ACLU info about when the parent was removed and what country they were sent to. But the govt doesn't appear to know exactly where those parents are, so ACLU is going to help trying to find them

- For 4 children, parent is in state criminal custody, which means they can't be reunified right now
- For 8 children, parents are in fed criminal custody. Almost all, if not all, have ICE detainers, which means they can be reunified once they're in ICE custody

- 2 children have been reunified with a parent who had been released from immigration detention
- 4 children had been previously ID'd for reunification with a non-parent sponsor. Govt/ACLU determining if parent wants to be reunified with child instead

- For 9 children, the parent has been released from immigration detention — DOJ says they're in contact with 4 parents, still waiting for info on status of making contact with the other 5
- For 1 child: Status of the parent is unknown, govt is still trying to figure that out

So to recap: Based on representations by DOJ lawyer today, 54/96 children under 5 will likely be reunified by the judge's deadline of tomorrow, and could be 59 depending on background checks. Number could go up a bit depending on other factors listed above in the thread

For the parents and children who will be reunified by tomorrow, DOJ lawyer said they're expected then to be released from ICE custody - they wouldn't be reunified at family detention facilities

The govt and the ACLU will submit papers later today identifying disagreements about the process the govt is using to verify parent relationships — ACLU contends at least some delays are unnecessary

By tomorrow at 10am PT, the judge has asked the parties to file papers identifying who is going to be reunified, and who isn't, and why not. Another hearing is set for 11am PT. And they'll start discussing plans for the larger group of separated kids who are 5+ years old