u.s. and aquatic lawmakers are suggesting some parents and children may never be reunited. in a statement - - said in part, there appears to be no plan to reunite children with parents where already been deported and no guidelines as to how this administration is deciding who is eligible and who is not.dhs says it will continue to make every effort to reunify the remaining adults and children who are eligible or find family members who can act as guardians while the court process plays out. so this initial court battle may be over but this issue is far from being settled. eric: absolutely not. alicia: a historic move by pope francis stripping the former archbishop of washington d.c. of his title under sex abuse allegations against him. details next.
some 463 parents were deported without their children. and the government is not even trying to reunite them. dhs denies that and says it will continue to make every effort to reunify the remaining adults and children that are eligible or will try to find family members that can act as guardians for the kids while the court process plays out. eric: in terms of the court process, playing out, what is the timeline for those who are not yet reunified? reporter: it will be a while. one of the big reasons activists and democratic lawmakers are frustrated because did ministration is not given the clear timeline of when and how it plans to do that. some democratic lawmakers are suggesting that some parents and children and never be reunited. in a statement, cortez masto said the lack of accountability in this admission is stunning. there s no plan to reunify those i have been deported without consent and no deadline
is the one who came out strong when she interpreted this 1997 flores agreement to apply to what the obama administration was doing in 2016 when they were holding women and children past a certain period. they said this applies to children with their families not just children who are unaccompanied. this could be something they have to keep appealing over and over, but another thing i just wanted to build on is that it s not just chaos. i think they actually want to instill fear. i remember reporting that when you did, chris. i remember thinking that gosh, if this never happens, what we ve reported is already on the front page of every newspaper in latin america. maybe that s what they want to do. instill fear to get these numbers down. so while this court process plays out and while they detain people longer than they should, whether or not that s months or you know, more than 20 days, they will do something through instilling fear that they might not be table to do through a
is the one who came out strong when she interpreted this 1997 flores agreement to apply to what the obama administration was doing in 2016 when they were holding women and children past a certain period. they said this applies to children with their families not just children who are unaccompanied. this could be something they have to keep appealing over and over, but another thing i just wanted to build on is that it s not just chaos. i think they actually want to instill fear. i remember reporting that when you did, chris. i remember thinking that gosh, if this never happens, what we ve reported is already on the front page of every newspaper in latin america. maybe that s what they want to do. instill fear to get these numbers down. so while this court process plays out and while they detain people longer than they should, whether or not that s months or you know, more than 20 days, they will do something through