Trump administration responsible for even more separated children, judge rules
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Trump administration responsible for even more separated children, judge rules
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-responsible-even-more-separated-children-judge-rules-n981296
March 8, 2019, 8:45 PM CST
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration is responsible for migrant children separated even before it instituted a "zero tolerance" policy.
The ruling followed a report from the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General that found that "potentially thousands" of children were separated from their parents between June 2017 and May 2018, when the Trump administration began prosecuting under the zero tolerance policy all those crossing the border illegally and separating parents from their children in the process.
The plaintiffs in the case, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, had argued that these children should be included in the class action lawsuit so that they, like the 2,800 children separated under zero tolerance, could potentially be reunified with their parents.
Image: President Trump talks to reporters at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure signing ceremony in Oval Office of White House in Washington
President Donald Trump talks to reporters as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, from right, looks on at a signing ceremony for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act in the Oval Office on November 16, 2018.Jonathan Ernst / Reuters file
Lawyers for the Trump administration had argued that the process would be overly burdensome because the vast majority of the children have likely already left government custody.
In his ruling on Friday, Judge Dana Sabraw of the Southern District of California wrote that isn't a sufficient reason to deny the administration's responsibility for the children...........................................
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