NEW: Trump administration says in order to reunite remaining 572 separated kids @ACLU — *not* government which separated them — should be responsible for:
- Establishing contact
- Determining desire to be reunified & written confirmation
- Attorney consultation
- Data gathering
- Establishing contact
- Determining desire to be reunified & written confirmation
- Attorney consultation
- Data gathering
NEW: ACLU tells me “the administration is sitting on information that will allow the parties to find these parents."
572 kids still separated.
Latest, with @JuliaEAinsley & @erikjhortiz. nbcnews.com/storyline/immi…
572 kids still separated.
Latest, with @JuliaEAinsley & @erikjhortiz. nbcnews.com/storyline/immi…
After the Trump administration suggested @ACLU should reunite remaining 572 separated kids, @mitchellreports nailed it:
"The last time I looked we did not vote for the ACLU to be running the government or DHS or anything else in this country. I think we voted for Donald Trump."
"The last time I looked we did not vote for the ACLU to be running the government or DHS or anything else in this country. I think we voted for Donald Trump."
Here's the breakdown in the latest court filing of the 572 (of 2,551) kids who aren't yet reunited with parents or placed with a family member or sponsor.
Of this group, 410 kids have parents who were *already* deported.
Of this group, 410 kids have parents who were *already* deported.
