BORDER/CHILDREN/COURT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials said on Wednesday [6-27-18] that it would be difficult to comply with the timetable in a federal court order requiring the reunification of migrant children and parents who were separated at the border. Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Federal District Court in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday [6-26-18] that stops the practice of separating children and parents. And he set a strict timetable. Children under the age of 5 must be reunited with their parents within 14 days, he said, and other minor children must be reunited within 30 days — unless a parent is found to be unfit or to present a danger to the child. The ruling came as a surprise to Trump administration officials responsible for more than 2,000 children who have been separated from their parents and are being held at more than 100 sites in 17 states. Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services said they were trying to put children and parents in touch with one another, but were not planning to release children while their parents were being detained to face prosecution on charges of trying to enter the United States illegally.”
-Robert Pear, “Trump Administration Cites Difficulties in Meeting Judge’s Timetable for Family Reunification,” The New York Times online, June 27, 2018