No special effort planned to reunite migrant families already separated: report

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393371-there-will-be-no-special-effort-to-reunite-families-already-separated

No special effort planned to reunite migrant families already separated: report
By Julia Manchester - 06/20/18 06:54 PM EDT


There will be no special effort from the Trump administration to reunite migrant families separated at the border, according to a report from The New York Times, despite President Trump signing an executive order halting the practice.

The Times cites a Health and Human Services (HHS) Department official as saying that the children will not immediately be reunited with their families while their parents are detained throughout their immigration proceedings.

“There will not be a grandfathering of existing cases,” Kenneth Wolfe, spokesman for the Administration for Children and Families, part of HHS, told The Times.

The Hill has reached out to HHS for further comment.

Wolfe said that the decision about the children would ultimately be handled by the White House, but said “I can tell you definitively that is going to be policy.”

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393371-there-will-be-no-special-effort-to-reunite-families-already-separated

Edit to add: I just heard these children are spread across 17 states and there are 100 different facilities. What a nightmare.

[Lars39]

1. Crime against humanity

[madaboutharry]

2. These children must not be forgotten.

The public must demand reunification.

This can not stand.