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Washington (dpa) – In USA Despite a court order for family reunification, more than 700 illegal immigrant children continue to be under the guard of the authorities.
In fact, they should be reunited with their parents on the order of a California district judge until the night of Thursday to Friday – but that did not happen in some cases. According to government sources, 711 children remained in the custody of the authorities – for example, because their parents are criminals, more in the US or the case review is still ongoing, as reported the US media Friday.
120 parents refused to be reunited with their children. They wanted to allow children to stay with relatives in the United States until a court ruled on their asylum application.
Families had been separated from Mexico in the United States by crossing the border. A judge found this government practice inhumane and unconstitutional. He called a 30-day deadline to reunite the torn families. The government said 1442 children had been sent back to their illegally immigrated parents. Families are now in detention.
The divisions were part of the "zero tolerance policy" of US President Donald Trump aimed at restricting illegal immigrants to the southern border with Mexico.
In front of the massive criticism of his Republican party and the reports of children and traumatized parents, Trump then turned around. He ordered by decree on June 20 the end of the controversial practice. County Judge Dana Sabraw of California then ruled that children and parents should be reunited. As a deadline he called on July 26. However, he left it up to the government to decide which parents would be eligible.
The case is not over. The ACLU Civil Rights Organization now wants to bring to justice that reunited families enjoy a period of at least a week before being deported. The reason is the difficult decision for parents to leave the country with their families or to leave children in the United States to apply for asylum.
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