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BREAKING: 29 migrant parents who were separated from their children and deported last year have returned to the border, demanding asylum hearings: washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
I’m with the parents now in Mexicali. For now, @CBP won’t let them across the border. Their children are in shelters, foster homes and with relatives across the US. They haven’t seen them since last summer.
Two of the parents have children who tried to commit suicide while in US government custody. Others have kids with disabilities. They tried to parent remotely, from Central America, but gave up and came back to the border.
This is a pretty remarkable test of @CBP’s metering system. 29 parents whose children were forcibly taken from them by the US govt travel 2,500 miles to reunite with their kids. US response so far: there’s no space to process you.
US officials have just begun allowing the parents to cross the border. Ten hours later, it looks like their claims will be processed. 
