Court Rules Trump Administration Must Adhere to Family Reunification Deadlines

Judge Orders Government to Streamline Process to Reunite Children and Parents in 桃子视频Lawsuit

July 10, 2018 4:15 pm

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SAN DIEGO 鈥� A federal court said the Trump administration must adhere to reunification deadlines for children forcibly separated from their parents or face possible punishment.

The 桃子视频 won a June 26 preliminary injunction requiring reunification of children under 5 within 14 days (July 10) and all children within 30 days (July 26). During today鈥檚 status conference, U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said:

  • The families were improperly separated, and he would not extend deadlines for reunification: 鈥淭hese are firm deadlines. They鈥檙e not aspirational goals.鈥�
  • DNA tests can only be performed when there is a genuine reason to doubt parentage or parentage cannot be established by any other means; samples must be destroyed after matches are made and cannot be added to a government database.
  • The government must take a 鈥渟treamlined approach鈥� for vetting and reunifying families.

Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU鈥檚 Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, said:

鈥淭he court could not have been clearer that business as usual is not acceptable. The Trump administration must get these children and parents reunited.鈥�

The parties will be back in court this Friday.

Case details are here: /cases/ms-l-v-ice

More information is at: /families-belong-together


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