Feds say 711 immigrant children can't be reunited with parents ahead of deadline

[left-of-center2012]

Source: CBS News

The Trump administration struggled to meet a court-imposed deadline Thursday for reuniting immigrant children and their parents. Nearly 2,600 children ages 5 years and older were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The government announced Thursday evening that 1,820 of those children have been reunited with their parents, while 711 children remain in custody because their parents or relatives are ineligible for reunification.

Immigration attorneys say the government is making unilateral decisions that include a parents' health condition and possible criminal history, with no oversight. "There's a lot of concern that those standards are being inconsistently applied, or parents are being arbitrarily denied access to their children," Sandweg pointed out.

For the hundreds of ineligible children, shelters will continue to be their home while the government figures out its next move.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-say-711-immigrant-children-cant-be-reunited-with-parents-ahead-of-deadline-2018-07-26/

[ancianita]

1. So, that's 711 counts against the border chiefs.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. 711 profit centers for DeVos style adoption mills. . . . nt

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Just one of many.

[They_Live]

4. unacceptable n/t

[Cryptoad]

5. How many workers did the Trumpster say

they needed at his wine vineyard ????????

[iluvtennis]

6. Agree. Who gives the Trump regime the right to say parents and relatives are ineligible

for reunification - that's BS. Are they now going to evaluate every American parent/relative that is raising children to determine if they are eligible to care for their kids. This is pure unadulterated BS.

[HeiressofBickworth]

7. Some random thoughts that actually connect

Thought 1: I watched an old re-run of Law & Order yesterday. It was the one where rich white people adopted poor black children from Haiti. Turns out that it is a slavery ring. They adopted the children so they could get them into the US to have slaves do all their household work. Made them sleep in closets with the kitty litter and eat scraps from the table.

Thought 2: I recall reading somewhere that immigration officials will consider the cases of immigrant children in custody closed if they are placed somewhere -- anywhere, with anyone, just get them out of the system and off the books.

Thought 3: If the children aren't actually returned to their parent(s), what kind of investigation is being done to determine the eligibility of someone else to take custody of or adopt the children?

Thought 4: Is there going to be an audit of the placements that have been made to determine that my Thought 1 isn't in fact the outcome of clearing their books by shoving the kids out the door?