Update: In #FamilySeparation case, fed. Judge Sabraw calls for more detail on reunions of immigrant parents of 366 children. Those parents are now outside U.S. Issue: Will family reunions happen in Cen.America or U.S.? 1/
.@ACLU’s L. Gelernt says some parents didn’t understand forms they signed re their children as parents were deported. Judge reserves on this issue “of whether some parents who have removed should be returned to the United States to pursue their asylum claims w their children.” 2/
‘This is an enormous undertaking involving a situation of the government’s own making. But we will never be able to come up with a process that is perfect or that restores all rights as if this incident never happened,’ says Judge Sabraw on family reunions. 3/
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Overall, this is a 20 % increase in bed space for migrant minors, most of whom are Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Hondurans.
The length of stay for a migrant minor in these facilities has steadily increased. It’s now 59 days, says HHS spokesman. That’s nearly double what it was 4 years ago. 3/