Judge Says Government May Have To Reunite More Migrant Families Separated At Border
A federal judge rejects the government's argument that identifying and reuniting families separated before the zero tolerance policy was announced is too burdensome.
by Richard Gonzales
Mar 08, 2019
1 minute
A federal judge in California who ordered the Trump administration to reunite more than 2,800 migrant families separated at the southwest border says potentially thousands more could be affected by his ruling.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw of San Diego issued late Friday that parents who were separated from their children on or after July 1, 2017, should be included as part of a class-action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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