U.S. judge orders separated families be reunited

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U.S. judge orders separated families be reunited

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The judge also issues an injunction against any more family separations

LOS ANGELES, USA – A US judge ordered that migrant families separated at the border with Mexico under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy be reunited within 30 days.

For children under 5 the reunification must take place within two weeks of the order, issued Tuesday, June 26, by US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego.

Sabraw issued the ruling in response to a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a 7-year-old girl who was separated from her Congolese mother and a 14-year-old boy who was separated from his Brazilian mother.

The judge also issued an injunction against any more family separations.

Trump signed an executive order last week halting his government’s practice of taking children away from parents who cross the border without papers, even to seek asylum. Many are fleeing violence in Central America.

But the order made no specific provisions for families already separated  under the policy, which drew scorn as inhumane and even a form of child abuse in heated criticism in America and around the world. – Rappler.com

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