More than 5 thousand: the number of children separated at the border with their parents continues to grow

At the start of the Trump administration's work, US immigration authorities separated more than 1500 children from their parents on the Mexican border. As a result, the total number of children separated since July 2017 has exceeded 5 400. These data were cited by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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According to ACLU, the administration told its lawyers that from 1 July 2017 year to 26 June 2018-th separated 1 556 children. Then a federal judge in San Diego ordered the children to be returned to their parents.

Unfortunately, children who were without parents during this period are difficult to find. The blame for the inadequate tracking system of the government.

ACLU volunteers are looking for some of them and their parents in Guatemala and Honduras.

According to ACLU attorney Lee Gelern, 207 children were under the age of 5. Five were less than a year, 26 - a year, 40 - 2 years, 76 - three and 60 - 4 years.

The Department of Justice declined to comment.

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Counting is an important milestone in registering families that have been affected by the fight against illegal immigration. The government identified 2814 separated children who were detained on 26 on June 2018, and almost all of them were reunited with their parents.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services internal observer said there were potentially thousands more separated from July 2017, prompting District Judge Dana Sabrow to give the administration six months to identify.

The administration also separated 1090 children since the judge ordered the practice to be terminated in June 2018, except in limited circumstances, such as threats to children's safety or doubts about whether the adult is actually a parent.

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The ACLU said the authorities had abused the situation by breaking up families because of dubious charges and minor offenses, including traffic violations.

After suspension zero tolerance policieswhen all who illegally crossed the border were imprisoned, the administration tried to reverse the surge in refugees.

This year, tens of thousands of residents of Central America and Cuba sent to Mexico to wait for immigration court hearings.

Last month administration introduced a policy refusal to grant asylum to everyone who enters the United States through a third country on the way to the US border with Mexico, without first asking for protection there.

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