{"id":45401,"date":"2018-07-10T04:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T04:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=45401"},"modified":"2018-07-10T04:33:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T04:33:16","slug":"deadline-to-reunite-us-migrants-extended-as-babies-face-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=45401","title":{"rendered":"Deadline to reunite US migrants extended as babies face court"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International desk: A US judge has given the Trump administration more time to reunite migrant children aged five or younger with their parents.<\/p>\n

The decision came after a government lawyer said more than half of the 102 young children may be back with parents by the original deadline of Tuesday.<\/p>\n

They are among more than 2,300 children separated from parents prosecuted for illegally crossing the border.<\/p>\n

The adults say they have fled poverty and gang violence in Central America.<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said that after viewing a list of the 102 children under the age of five in the government's care, “it appears likely that less than half will be reunited” by the 10 July deadline.<\/p>\n

However, during a hearing on Monday, Department of Justice lawyer Sarah Fabian said 54 of the children should be back with their parents by Tuesday.<\/p>\n

At the hearing in San Diego Judge Dana Sabraw agreed that some cases “will necessitate additional time” for reunification.<\/p>\n

Immigration authorities have offered little information about reunification or what comes next.<\/p>\n

Lawyers have described migrant toddlers clambering on court desks during hearings, forced to appear in court alone while their parents are detained.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a federal judge in Los Angeles has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow the long-term detention of illegal immigrant children.<\/p>\n

Under a 1997 agreement, child migrants can only be detained for 20 days.<\/p>\n

Judge Dolly Gee said the administration's request to extend that limit was ” a cynical attempt” to shift immigration policymaking to the courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: A US judge has given the Trump administration more time to reunite migrant children aged five or younger with their parents. The decision came after a government lawyer said more than half of the 102 young children may be back with parents by the original deadline of Tuesday. They are among more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n