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President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the United States "can not accept all the people trying to enter our country" and called for the migrants to be "immediately" deported without trial.
"When someone enters, we must immediately, without judges or trials, bring them back to where they come from," he said. His tweet did not mention people coming to the United States to ask for asylum, which is legal to do.
"Our system is a travesty of good immigration policy and public order," he said, adding in another tweet that the legal entry into the country should be based on the "deserved".
Immigration advocates have rebuffed comments. "What President Trump has suggested here is both illegal and unconstitutional, and any official who has been sworn to abide by the Constitution and laws should unambiguously disavow it," said Omar Jadwat, director of the Immigrant Rights Project. l & # 39; ACLU.
Late Saturday night, the Trump administration released an "information sheet" noting that more than 2,000 children have not yet been reunited with their parents and revealing some details about the reunification process.
The departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Social Services (HHS) reported that 2053 separated children remained in HHS custody pending reunification with their families as a result of the HHS policy. "Zero tolerance" of the administration. criminally prosecute all adults crossing the border illegally, leading to family separations.
The statement comes three days after Trump ended his policy that led to family separations, allowing families to be reunited in detention centers after a wave of protests.
The information leaflet released Saturday indicated that the government had a "well-coordinated" family reunification process "for the purposes of revocation" – contrary to critics of lawyers and activists as the executive order ending the separations created confusion between the agencies and the courts.
The statement adds that children have the opportunity to contact an "approved" parent or relative within 24 hours of arriving at an HHS-funded facility, but advocates and an agency providing care for separated children told NBC News that it can take weeks. so that parents are tracked down and able to communicate with their children by phone.
The information sheet did not indicate how long the reunification process would take or whether families would be reunited while the parents' immigration procedures were in progress or only once they were in place. would be the subject of an eviction. He also did not say whether the process was different for families going through the asylum process.
In addition, the Customs and Border Protection Division brought together 522 children separated from their families as part of the "zero tolerance" policy.
According to the statement, a "small number of children" separated for reasons other than zero tolerance will remain separate, indicating the general reasons if the family relationship can not be confirmed, if the adult is considered a threat to the child or if the adult is a "criminal".
Migrants are first detained in the CBP prison when they are apprehended at the border. Separated families were then divided into different agencies, with adults sent to the Immigration and Customs Guard (ICE) and the children sent to HHS custody.
The Port Isabel Service Processing Center in Texas serves as the main center for family reunification and removal for adults in remand, according to the fact sheet.
Meanwhile, another wave of protests against Trump's immigration policies was planned Sunday in several cities across the country after rallies from San Diego to New York that drew thousands of people on Saturday.
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