they had met the court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant chipper taken from their parents. according to the government, approximately 1,820 kids have been reunited with their parents or have been placed with a family member or sponsor. that leaves 650 children still deemed ineligible by the government for reunification. which means regardless of the administration s attempt today to declare mission accomplished, it is not over, particularly for those 600 plus kids. msnbc s jacob soboroff was inside that courthouse in san diego today. the deputy director of the acli immigrants rights argued the case. lee, let me start with you. your headline takeaway of where things stand now. you know, we re pleased that this many children are now in their parents arms, but i think the headline is what you said, there s still a lot of children who haven t been reunified. there are parents missing. i think the judge left no doubt
the trump administration has missed a court ordered deadline to reunite 2,551 migrant children with their parents. in a show down with the aclu in a san diego courtroom today, the government argued that all eligible children have been reunified. in the hearing the government revealed that 1,820 children have been reunited with their parents. so what are the next steps for these newly reunited families? i cording to the government, 1,000 families could face imimmediate yaimmeed ya imimmediate yalt deportation. 392 families are still being detained and being held in ice custody. this still leaves 650 children the government deems ineligible for reunification because their
headline take away of where things are stand now. we are pleased that this many children are now in their parent s arms. the headline is there is still a lot of children that haven t been reunified. parents missing. and the judge left no doubt that they are going to stay on the government until it happens. we need a continuation of the stay of removal. whether they are going to fight for their asylum or they are going to allow the child to stay behind, they need counseling from lawyers. there has been so much trauma inflicted on these families that explaining their legal options under normal circumstances is almost impossible.
they have been attatapping into it is a new reppized nejd. we need to be worried about it and conscious of it as a nation. i want to get your take on the status of unifications. do you think that this hearing is going to give answers to the questions that we all have about why hundreds of children are still separated from their parents? i wish i could say that i could say they would, but we sent a letter from all of the women and the house just asking questions and we got a letter back yesterday that didn t answer any questions. i between the a briefing with the top hhs and custom and border security and i.c.e., and we re not getting answers. many of the children have been reunified, but many have not.
the trump administration has missed a court ordered deadline to reunite 2,551 migrant children with their parents. in a show down with the aclu in a san diego courtroom today, the government argued that all eligible children have been reunified. in the hearing the government revealed that 1,820 children have been reunited with their parents. so what are the next steps for these newly reunited families? i cording to the government, 1,000 families could face immeed imimmediate yalt deportation.