The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Social Services have to date gathered 364 migrant children who had been separated at the border because of the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy, according to court documents filed Thursday night. The Big Picture: The deadline for the reunification of all HHS-detained migrant children who have been removed from their parents is Thursday, July 26th. There are still more than 2,100 children who have not been reunited. 229 parents can not currently be reunited because the parents have renounced reunification, are in criminal detention or have been found to be ineligible.
In figures: 719 parents received definitive orders for the expulsion from the country, leaving them less time to decide to take their children with them when they are deported or leave them in the United States to seek asylum on their own.
136 parents gave up the right to be reunited with their children.
1606 parents are "possibly" eligible for the reunification, and the government will release data on the number of parents who have already been expelled as well as the number of those who were released in the United States in the coming days. These situations will make it harder for DHS and HHS to reunite families.
