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White House admits 559 children still separated from their families

The following article by Eric Boehert was posted on the ShareBlue.com website August 10, 2018:

Deadline after deadline is missed.

Credit: Carolyn Kaster, AP Photo)

Trump’s national disgrace of kidnapping migrant children at the border and ripping families apart remains unresolved.

Today, weeks after a federal judge demanded the children be reunited with their parents, 559 remain separated, according to a new government filing.

“Of the 559 children, 386 remain separated because their family members are not in the U.S.; 51 because contact has yet to be made with family members; 87 because ‘red flags’ came up during the family members’ background checks; 88 because the parents are facing separate prosecution; 163 because family members ‘indicated desire against reunification;’ and 20 because ‘further review’ has shown the government didn’t actually separate them from their parents,” the San Diego Tribune reports.

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