BORDER/CHILDREN/ICE/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorneys for the U.S. government were due in court on Friday [7-20-18] to update a federal judge on efforts to reunite some 2,500 immigrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration. The government has six more days to comply with the reunification order by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, who summoned the government attorneys to appear in his San Diego courtroom to account for progress made in bringing families back together. Lawyers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported in a court filing late on Thursday [7-19-18] that 364 children aged 5 and older have been reunited since Sabraw’s order was issued more than three weeks ago. It was unclear from the status report, filed as part of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging parent-child separations at the border, exactly how many more reunifications were likely before the July 26 deadline. Nearly 850 parents have been interviewed and cleared for reunification so far but another 229 parents have been deemed ineligible because of criminal records, or because they ‘waived’ reunification or for other reasons, the report said. The rest are pending review.”
–Tom Hals, “U.S. attorneys summoned to court to account for separated families,” Reuters, July 20, 2018 3:14 am