Los Angeles Times: California Judge Orders Immigrant Families Reunited

The United States, striving to limit migrants crossing the southern border, has separated children from parents since April, scattering them in more than 2,000 in shelters and foster homes around the country. A US district judge ruled that the government must reunite the families within 30 days – 14 days for children younger than 5. The government must arrange for contact between children and parents within 10 days. The ruling came as 17 states sued the Trump administration to force the reunions, maintaining “increased child welfare, education and social services costs.” The head of Southwest Key, a shelter for migrant suggested that the government had no plans for reuniting families and “a lack of urgency by the U.S. government could mean it will take months to reunite families,” reports the Associated Press. The genetic testing company 23andMe offered DNA-testing kits, but that plan was put on hold out of privacy concerns. The government reports 2,047 children separated from their parents are in custody. – YaleGlobal