Thanks to a judge, the US government has until 6 p.m. ET today to reunite all eligible families that it separated.
But in many cases, the parents can’t be found or were already deported — without their children.
So far, immigration officials are reporting they have reunited 1,012 families but that leaves 900 hundred families torn apart.
The judge in charge said the effects of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy — which is responsible for most of the separations — have been “deeply troubling.”
“It’s the reality of a policy that was in place that resulted in large numbers of families being separated without forethought as to reunification and keeping track of people,” Sabraw said, noting the number that would not be reunified on time. “And that’s the fallout we’re seeing.”
