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From Jacob Soboroff and Dennis Romero
The Trump administration has declared in court that the reunification of thousands of children separated from their parents or guardians to the US-Mexican border
Late filing on Friday of Jallyn Sualog, deputy director of the Refugee Resettlement Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services, was an orderly response in a lawsuit of the ACLU challenging the government's decision. separation of at least 2,737 children of migrants detained at the border since the summer of 2017.
Sualog said that his office did not have the resources to find the children, whose number could be several thousand more than the official estimate.
"Even if the completion of the analysis requested by the applicants was as possible, this would considerably compromise the ORR's ability to perform its essential functions without a significant increase in congressional appropriations. "19659007] Lee Gelernt, the ACLU's lead counsel in the lawsuit heard by Judge Dana Sabraw of the US District Court in San Diego, called the response" shocking ".
"Trump's administration's response is a shocking concession that she does not easily find thousands of children torn from her parents and does not even think it's helpful to locate each one. from them, "he said. "The administration also does not dispute the large number of separations in progress."
Sualog argued that hiring minors from their new guardians in the United States could hurt their psyche.
"ORR would have the power or resources to force the reunification of minors who are no longer in detention," she wrote in her reply. "Finally, the reunification of minors already residing with relatives, parents or friends of the family could interfere with the habitual and established relationship of the child. "
The parties were to return to court on February 21.
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