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545 Children Still Separated from Parents, 3 Years Later

Lawyers are struggling to reunite more than 1000 children separated from their parents at the border under Trump's zero tolerance policy

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Lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify migrant families separated by the Trump administration say they cannot track down the parents of 545 children. Most of their parents were deported. The American Civil Liberties Union and pro-bono law firms were tasked with reuniting families separated under the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy, which split more than 1,000 parents from their children and deported them. The children remain in the U.S. with foster parents or distant relatives, as locating their parents remains difficult. NBC News

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