Trump lawyers say gov can't locate parents of 38 migrant children
By Aris Folley - 07/06/18 07:19 PM EDT
Government lawyers said Friday that officials are unable to locate the parents of 38 migrant children separated under the administration's controversial "zero tolerance" border policy, as officials push to comply with a judge's order that the families be reunited.
Lawyers said the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is only able to reunify about half of the around 100 children under the age of 5 that the judge ordered be reunited with their parents by July 10, NBC News reported.
Among those that the administration said it cannot track, government lawyers said the parents of 19 children have been released from custody in the U.S. but their whereabouts are unknown, while the parents of another 19 children have been deported.
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