Lawyers for the Trump administration reached a settlement tonight agreeing to allow immigrant parents who were separated from their kids at the border and subsequently had their asylum interview rejected, another chance to have their asylum request reviewed.
Attorneys for the 29 plaintiffs said the settlement, if approved by a judge, could cover well over 1,000 immigrant parents. Though cases for deported parents will have to be taken up on a case by case basis.
The complaint alleged that because of the trauma of family separation as a result of the “zero tolerance” policy, parents were confused, disoriented, unable to focus on anything other than the whereabouts and well-being of their children, and when they would see their kids again.
