BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and the plaintiffs in an ongoing family separation class action lawsuit appear to have agreed Thursday [4-25-19] on how the government will identify potentially thousands of additional immigrant families US authorities separated at the southern border, setting up a new phase in the case. The two sides had previously submitted competing proposals on how the process would unfold, leading US District Judge Dana Sabraw to direct them back to the drawing board. Shortly before the hearing in the Southern District of California, the government and plaintiffs had filed court documents describing how they thought the identifications should take place. One of the points of contention had been the timing — the government said the process could take up to two years given the painstaking nature of the task, while the plaintiffs argued it could be done faster. Sabraw said he will issue an order requiring the government to complete the identification process within six months.”
–Priscilla Alvarez, “Administration sets up plan to identify thousands of separated families,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 25, 2019 7:25 pm