Lawyers have not been able to reach the parents of 545 children who had been separated from their families by US border officials between 2017 and 2018, according to a new court filing
Hundreds of parents may also have been deported without their children.The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of an ongoing effort to identify and reunite families separated by the Trump administration, more than two years after the"zero tolerance" policy was created.
Read More"Approximately two-thirds" of parents are believed to have been deported without their children, the filing adds.The children were previously released from government custody and almost all are likely in the United States with a sponsor.While Covid-19 has hampered reunification efforts, the filing says, attorneys have resumed on-the-ground attempts to locate families.
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