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U.S. Trying To Reunite 545 Families Separated At Mexico Border

The majority of those parents may have been deported to their home countries.
Posted at 11:28 AM, Oct 21, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-21 11:28:03-04

The U.S. government is still trying to track down the parents of 545 children who were separated from them at the U.S.-Mexico border. That's according to a court filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union.

The majority of those parents may have been deported to their home countries.

The filing said non-government groups have been trying to reunify the families. But the pandemic has slowed down the efforts. 

The Trump administration ended the family separation policy in 2018. A federal judge then ordered the government to reunite all of the separated families.