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The federal government had until July 26 to reunite separated families when they crossed the US border illegally.
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By Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, Correspondent)
More than 1,800 children immigrated illegally to the United States were reunited with their families. parents, but more than 700 were still separated Thursday, July 26. The US federal administration did not succeed in reuniting all the families before the deadline set by a federal judge in San Diego, California, Dana Sabraw.
On June 26, he gave two weeks government to reunite children under 5, and a one-month delay for those aged 5 to 17.
The separation policy practiced by the Trump administration since summer 2017 and amplified in May this year was intended to deter migrants from Central America from entering the United States via Mexico.
Attorney General (Minister of Justice), Jeff Sessions, spoke about "zero tolerance" but Donald Trump also claimed that he was only applying a law pbaded in an earlier era by the Democrats. These separations sparked a national and international outcry, which forced the President of the United States to sign a decree on June 20 to end it. They had been found inhuman and unconstitutional by Judge Sabraw
Parents expelled without their children
For children under 5, the deadline of 10 July set by the judge had been missed by two days. That of July 26 is not completely respected either.
In detail, according to figures published by the press, on 2,551 families with children over five, 1,442 children have found their parents in US detention centers, 378 have found them freely but more than 700 are still under federal control. Explanation put forward by the federal administration, reunification would not be possible for 431 children simply because their parents were expelled from the United States; 120 parents reportedly refused to be reunited; 67 parents would not be eligible for reunification, because of a criminal or criminal record, or because they have a contagious disease or because their relationship has not been established. Finally, a hundred or so children would have non-localized parents.
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This count tells the administration that it has roughly respected the deadline. Lee Gelernt, a lawyer for the American Union for Civil Liberties (ACLU) who filed a complaint in the case, was critical before the figures were known: "the government does not deserve applause for cleaning up the mess that he put, and in addition he does not respect the time limit for all families ".
Judge Dana Sabraw, for his part, made more friendly remarks about the government, saying that the parties ] "Progress in a measured and efficient way given the enormity of the task".
An Administrative Puzzle
This reunification, when it occurred, was often very painful. According to activist Bethany Carson, in the detention center of Port Isabel, Texas, parents were called "released" by the government while they remained in detention for a week, waiting for their children, without being able to take a shower, call or have access to religious services. "They are completely cut off from the world and the authorities say they are free" protests Bethany Carson in the New York Times .
The newspaper also cites cases of misfires, such as those 9-year-olds and 14-year-olds suddenly returned from New York to the south-west of the country to be reunited with their mother … who had already been expelled.
This is one side of the story: many parents have accepted to be deported, believing that it was the only way for them to find their children. Among them, illiterate Guatemalans barely speaking Spanish and who misunderstood what it was, accuses the ACLU. This is not the opinion of Matthew Albence, responsible for the implementation of immigration decisions cited by CNN: "parents who returned home without their child did so after having had opportunity to return with them ". According to him, some parents "declined this offer" . These people will not be readmitted to the United States.
Several hundred families detained in these detention centers face a deportation order. In recent days, badociations have questioned the appropriateness of sending traumatized children back to their parents who are unsure of the right to food, hygiene and minimum health badistance.
The Federal Government can keep them in detention for twenty days in one of the three centers provided for this purpose. According to the New York Times, these expulsions could take place quickly if Judge Dana Sabraw puts an end to the moratorium he imposed. A hearing is scheduled for Friday.
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