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What is Family Reunification?
"Chain migration" -- officially known as "family reunification" under
federal law -- is the process by which green card holders or legal U.S.
residents may sponsor a family member for immigration to the United States.
It is the most common legal form of immigration to the United States. According
to the Department of Homeland Security, 238,087 immigrants were categorized as a
"family-sponsored preference" in
2016, and 566,706 came as "immediate relatives of U.S. citizens" (spouses,
children, or parents).
Between 60 and 70 percent of all lawful permanent immigration to the United
States in the past decade has family-based roots.
January 29
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-chain-migration-definition-visa-trump-administration-family-reunification/
Will Melania Trump’s Parents Become American Citizens via a Method Donald
Trump Hates?
Most Americans know that First Lady
Melania Trump isn’t from the United States. Both she and her family hail
from Slovenia (which was a part of Yugoslavia during Melania’s childhood).
Melania’s parents have long spent time in the United States with the Trumps. But
rumor has it that Melania’s parents may become American citizens through an
immigration path that Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized and even sought to
end.
February 24, 2018
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/will-melania-trumps-parents-become-american-citizens.html/?a=viewall
March 6, 2016
Article about
Freidrich Trump/Drumpf:
[Vowing to turn away immigrants and run America like his own business empire ...
Donald Trump] has been less vocal about the root of his success: a chain of seedy
brothels and restaurants setup by his immigrant grandfather Friedrich Drumpf.
Born in Germany, Friedrich took a boat to New York City at the age of 16 in 1885
to join his older sister and find work [ineligible chain migration].
The move sent him on a wild journey across America into the brothel industry of
the Wild West [Alaska], making him a fortune - and allowing him to dodge army
service and taxes back home in Germany.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3479129/How-Donald-Trump-s-tax-dodging-migrant-grandpa-went-cutting-hair-building-empire-brothels-customers-pay-gold-dust-nuggets.html
-- 2017 --
August: The RAISE Act: Dramatic Change to
Family Immigration, Less So for the Employment-Based System
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/raise-act-dramatic-change-family-immigration-less-so-employment-based-system
October 20: Trump administration considers
pausing U.S. refugee family reunification program
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees/trump-administration-considers-pausing-u-s-refugee-family-reunification-program-idUSKBN1CP2U4
October 24: Trump ends refugee ban with
order to review program for 11 countries ...
Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending his temporary ban on
refugee admissions to the US, while calling for a 90-day review of the program
for 11 countries his administration has deemed “high risk”.
The president had previously suspended the processing of all refugees to the US
for a period of 120 days as part of a previous executive order, issued in tandem
with the his travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. The 120-day window
came to a close on Tuesday, prompting an announcement from the White House that
essentially resumed the US refugee program but with enhanced security measures
mirroring the “extreme vetting” Trump has called for since taking office.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/24/trump-refugee-ban-end-immigration-executive-order
December 15: Trump Benefited From The ‘Chain
Migration’ He Blamed For Attempted New York Terror Attack ... The practice of
bringing immigrant families together in the United States likely made the
president richer and happier.
If the U.S. didn’t allow
immigrants to follow their family members, Trump might have led a poorer and
lonelier life. Some of his ancestors might not have come to the U.S. to join
family, long the most common form of immigration. His in-laws’ options for
joining his wife, herself an immigrant from Slovenia, in the U.S. would have
been notably limited. His businesses could not have hired certain talented
workers. And the president himself might not have been born in the U.S. at all.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-chain-migration-enriched-donald-trumps-life_us_5a32a81ee4b00dbbcb5ba69a
-- 2018 --
January 5: Trump’s crackdown on legal
migration is already keeping tens of thousands of families apart
Donald Trump clinched the US presidency partially on a promise to crack down on
legal and illegal immigration. While his administration has gained a lot of
attention on the latter, a
recent analysis by Reuters shows he’s already succeeding in slashing the
number of people legally entering the country.
https://qz.com/1172767/us-visa-i-130-donald-trumps-chain-migration-crackdown-is-already-keeping-families-apart/
January 19: 'Chain migration' misrepresents
reality, say Catholic advocates ... Calls to end "chain migration" often
describe endlessly snowballing immigrant populations, caused by laws that allow
citizens and lawful permanent residents to bring relatives into the country.
But what some call "chain migration" is also known as family-based immigration,
or family reunification. It has been a central component of the U.S. immigration
system for more than 50 years, and is a restricted and usually slow-moving
process that the U.S. bishops and other Catholic groups have consistently
supported.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/chain-migration-misrepresents-reality-say-catholic-advocates
January 23: For Refugees in the Trump Era, a
Tougher Path to the U.S.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/for-refugees-in-the-trump-era-a-tougher-path-to-the-u-s/
January 25: Trump is dead-set on ending
'chain migration' in the immigration deal
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-chain-migration-nyc-bombing-suspect-akayed-ullah-2017-12
January 25: Trump backs citizenship for Dreamers, while slashing legal
immigration
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-back-pathway-citizenship-1-8-million-dreamers-n841156
January 26:
The Myth of Chain Migration
... The White House and its allies are promoting a misleading immigration term
with an ugly history.
[Family reunification is] a fundamental premise of our legal immigration system:
allowing American citizens to reunite with their closest family members, a
premise that dates back to a 1965 civil rights-focused law that established
family reunification rather than racially based quotas as the basis for
immigration to the United States.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/26/myth-chain-migration-trump-family-immigration-216536
January 29: Trump’s use of “chain migration”
epithet dehumanizes family reunification ... Using labels for fear-mongering has
long been common immigration technique
https://badgerherald.com/opinion/2018/01/29/trumps-use-of-chain-migration-epithet-dehumanizes-family-reunification/
January 30: In immigration debate, what
constitutes 'merit'?
President Trump wants to shift the US immigration system from one that
prioritizes family unification to one that's 'merit-based.' But how, exactly,
should a prospective immigrant's 'merit' be assessed?
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0130/In-immigration-debate-what-constitutes-merit
January 30: [Factcheck:] The President claimed that under
what he calls "chain migration," or family-based migration, "a single immigrant
can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives." But that isn't
quite the case when the limitations of the programs are factored in.
It is true that the majority of green cards given out annually go to family
members of US citizens and legal permanent residents, not based on employment.
Family visa categories include spouses, children and -- with decreasing degrees
of preference -- parents, unmarried adult children, married adult children and
their families and adult brothers and sisters and their families. The Trump
administration has proposed limiting family-based visas to spouses and minor
children, which could be a cut of roughly 40% annually to green cards, according
to estimates
based on DHS statistics.
The process is not quick and is subject to yearly limits -- currently there are
more than 5 million immigrants in the backlog and processing queue waiting for
their applications to go through. According to an
American Immigration Lawyers Association analysis of DHS and State
Department data, the US is currently processing green card applications that
were filed six to 13 years ago, depending on the type of relative, and that can
increase to more than 23 years for nationals of countries that have a higher
rate of applications.
According to the analysis, if applicants for sibling visas were filed today, it
would take roughly 36 years on average for the application to be processed and
more than a lifetime for Mexico, for example, which has a high application rate.
Family-based migration also has its benefits, some experts say. While the
process does not pre-select immigrants based on their skillset or professional
experience, connecting immigrants with family already in the US does help with
assimilation into the culture and gives them a social network to welcome them in
the country.
Studies have also shown that the second and third generations of immigrant
families are a net boon to the economy -- a Center for American Entrepreneurship
analysis of the Fortune 500 list for 2017 found that 43% of those companies
were founded or co-founded by a first- or second-generation immigrant.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/state-of-the-union-address-fact-check/index.html
January 31: Trump Wants To Limit Family
Reunification Immigration. Here's What That Would Mean.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/trump-wants-to-limit-family-reunification-immigration-heres?utm_term=.idDd4AM8W#.jvBeywjOM
January 31: Trump’s Fearful State of the
Union ... What binds them [his goals] together for Trump, it seems, is fear.
This fearfulness was noticeable, for example, when Trump spoke of immigration.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-fearful-state-of-the-union
January 31: Family-based immigration has
accounted for 60 to 70 percent of all green cards in the last decade, according
to the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based research group. In 2013,
for instance, two-thirds of the nearly 1 million green cards granted were on the
basis of a family relationship.
Trump’s proposal would cut legal immigration by 44 percent annually, or about
half a million, and prevent some 22 million people from being able to immigrate
to the U.S. over the next five decades, according to a study released Monday by
the Cato Institute, a libertarian research group in Washington.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/immigration-fight-shifts-from-trump-s-wall-to-family-green-cards
January 31: The Far-Right Struggles to
Ignore Trump’s Immigration Heresy ... The president’s
loyal MAGA fan base bashed his State of the Union call for “amnesty,” but
largely trained their fire on the Democrats.
Among the most ardent contingent of the nativist far-right,
Donald Trump’s mostly anodyne State of
the Union address Tuesday night seemed to provoke an acute case of whiplash, as
the president careened from sweeping appeals to bipartisanship to racial dog
whistles, from strident anti-immigration diatribes to calls for amnesty, and
back again.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/state-of-the-union-far-right-response-to-trump-amnesty-proposal
January 31: Nancy Pelosi: Trump's State of
the Union 'brings tears to the eyes of the Statue of Liberty'
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nancy-pelosi-trumps-state-of-the-union-brings-tears-to-the-eyes-of-the-statue-of-liberty/article/2647676
February 1: ‘Chain migration’? The GOP
catchphrase is the latest way to dehumanize immigrants
... the new Republican war on immigrant families strikes at the essence of what
the GOP used to boast they stood for: family values. And their tool and strategy
in this attack is to pound into the American psyche the derogatory term “chain
migration.”
They’ve taken the phrase right out of the white-supremacist dictionary and want
to make it a household word to continue reframing the national discussion on
immigration as a national security issue.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article197945179.html
February 1: Trump plan to end 'chain
migration' could take years to reduce immigration
Even if President Trump can convince Congress to pass his plan for limiting
family-based immigration — which he calls "chain migration" — it would take
over a decade for his proposal to actually reduce legal immigration, according
to some analysts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/01/trump-plan-end-chain-migration-could-take-years-reduce-immigration/1086074001/
February 6: Voters to Trump: You're on thin
ice with immigration policy
According to the latest research, the American people reject much of President
Trump’s plan for immigration. But they agree on one big point: Don’t deport the
Dreamers.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/02/07/voters-to-trump-youre-on-thin-ice-with-immigration-policy/
February 12: Family Reunification Is the
Bedrock of U.S. Immigration Policy
Over the past year, the Trump administration has ramped up its attacks on
immigrants and immigration policy as a whole in an attempt to
restrict significantly the numbers of immigrants entering the United States
each year. Among the primary lines of attack has been an assault on family-based
migration—the ability of
citizens and green card holders to reunite with their family members—under
the
misguided notion that the nation must “end
chain migration.”
Given the Trump administration’s attempt to limit the ability of people to bring
in their family members, it’s worth exploring why America’s immigration policies
are rooted in family ties.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2018/02/12/446402/family-reunification-bedrock-u-s-immigration-policy/
February 13: The many things Trump gets
wrong about 'chain migration'
In recent weeks, the battle over immigration has shifted from a focus on
unauthorized immigrants to the question of who should be allowed immigrate
legally. Should America admit immigrants based primarily on their skills or
their family ties?
Since the 1960s, the U.S. system has been weighted towards family reunification,
or what Republicans now insist on calling “chain migration.” These migrants now
account for around two-thirds of legal immigrants, with another third admitted
on the basis of their skills.
The Trump administration now proposes limiting family reunification visas to the
spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens and greatly reducing their numbers.
This, plus ending the diversity lottery while keeping the numbers of
skills-based migrants at current levels would amount to a radical cut in the
number of legal immigrants.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-wrong-chain-migration-article-1.3817856
February 15: Trump’s Immigration Policies
Are Anti-Family, Anti-American, and Anti-Christ
It’s Time for All Christians To Say So
https://sojo.net/articles/trump-s-immigration-policies-are-anti-family-anti-american-and-anti-christ
February 17: “I think people do not
understand how difficult it is to immigrate a family member already,” said
Andrea Guerrero, executive director of Alliance San Diego, which advocates for
immigrants. “We need to make it easier, not harder, for families to reunify.”
“It is disingenuous and deceitful to reframe family reunification as chain
migration. It takes the people out of the equation,” Guerrero said. “This is
about values. This is not about chains. We’ve lost our way if we’re talking
about people as chains, if we’re talking about mothers as chains, children as
chains, siblings as chains.”
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-family-visa-20180216-story.html
February 21:
Melania Trump's
Parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, Are Now Legal Permanent Residents
The first lady's parents are close to obtaining American citizenship, according
to a new report.
Viktor and Amalija Knavs have become legal permanent residents of the United
States and are
living in the county on green cards, their immigration attorney, Michael
Wildes, told the Washington Post.
The report comes following speculation that the Slovenian-born couple relied on
a family reunification process that President Trump has derisively referred to
as "chain migration" and has proposed ending in similar cases.
In last month’s State of the Union address, the president called the current
immigration system "broken" and said that under it "a
single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives."
He said his plan focuses "on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to
spouses and minor children."
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a18568238/melania-trump-parents-viktor-amalija-knavs-legal-permanent-residents/
February 24: Will Melania Trump’s Parents
Become American Citizens via a Method Donald Trump Hates?
Most Americans know that First Lady
Melania Trump isn’t from the United States. Both she and her family hail
from Slovenia (which was a part of Yugoslavia during Melania’s childhood).
Melania’s parents have long spent time in the United States with the Trumps. But
rumor has it that Melania’s parents may become American citizens through an
immigration path that Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized and even sought to
end.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/will-melania-trumps-parents-become-american-citizens.html/?a=viewall
June 25: The Government Had No Intention of
Reuniting Separated Families ... There’s also no plan to do so now.
For some period of time, which may or may not be ongoing, the U.S. Justice
Department was routinely treating parents who were caught having crossed into
the U.S. without border
inspection (a misdemeanor offense) as
criminals to be briefly incarcerated pending a hearing and then placed in
immigration detention. Additionally, Customs and Border Protection was often
separating parents and kids who legally presented themselves at a
border-inspection point, seeking asylum. Under the new policy, children in
either case were removed and placed first in shelters and eventually in foster
care or other centers. Some members of the Trump administration persistently
denied that this was a policy. Others, including the president, bragged about
it.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/donald-trumps-family-separation-the-government-had-no-intention-of-reuniting-parents-and-children.html
June 27: Will Trump Administration Reunite
Families Within 30 Days After Federal Court Ruling?
A federal judge has given the Trump administration 30 days to reunify the
thousands of families separated by immigration agents at the U.S.-Mexico border
and ruled that U.S. immigration agents can no longer separate children from
their parents.
U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw
issued the ruling late Tuesday evening, granting the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed over the
family separation policy.
In her ruling, which was
published online by the ACLU, Sabraw said the "facts set before the court
portray reactive governance responses to address a chaotic circumstance of the
government's own making" and warrant "the extraordinary remedy of classwide
preliminary injunction."
"They belie measured and ordered governance, which is central to the concept of
due process enshrined in our Constitution," the judge said, adding: "This is
particularly so in the treatment of migrants, many of whom are asylum seekers,
and small children."
http://www.newsweek.com/will-trump-administration-reunite-families-within-30-days-after-federal-court-996764
June 27: The Trump administration struggled
Wednesday with how to abide by a federal judge’s order requiring that thousands
of migrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents be reunited
within 30 days.
https://www.apnews.com/417932ed67fd420297bd29ea4e087f16
June 28: Thousands of kids still haven't
been reunited with their parents.
The clock is ticking. A judge's ruling Monday laid out a series of deadlines the
government must meet:
• Within 10 days (by July 6), officials must make sure every
separated parent has a way to contact their child.
• Within 14 days (by July 10), children under 5 must be
reunited with their parents
• Within 30 days (by July 26), all children must be reunited
with their parents.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/28/us/separated-families-reunions-protests/index.html
July 5: The Trump administration just
admitted it doesn’t know how many kids are still separated from their parents
The department that separated families at the border didn’t talk to the agency
that took custody of separated kids.
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17536984/children-separated-parents-border-how-many
July 5:
HHS now estimates under 3,000 kids separated from parents in government custody
New estimate nearly 50% higher than last figure
https://www.channel3000.com/news/politics/national-politics/revised-hhs-estimate-nearly-3000-kids-separated-from-parents/763537543
July 5: U.S. has nearly 3,000 separated
migrant kids, will use DNA to find parents
Azar also said some children who are part of the nearly 3,000 may not qualify
for reunification because they became separated from their parents during their
journey and not by U.S. border agents.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/u-s-has-nearly-3-000-separated-migrant-kids-will-n888986
July 5:
U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego last month ordered the government to stop
separating children from immigrant parents entering the United States illegally
and set deadlines for the government to reunite families.
The U.S. government is moving some migrant parents to detention sites closer to
the young children they were separated from while crossing the U.S.-Mexico
border in an attempt to meet a court-imposed deadline to reunify families, U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said on Thursday.
The U.S. government is moving some migrant
parents to detention sites closer to the young children they were separated from
while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to meet a court-imposed
deadline to reunify families, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex
Azar said on Thursday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children/u-s-moving-some-detained-migrant-parents-closer-to-their-children-idUSKBN1JV2FH
July 9: Judge rejects Trump request for
long-term detention of immigrant children
Los Angeles US District Court Judge Dolly Gee dismissed as "dubious" and
"unconvincing" the US Justice Department's proposal to modify a 1997 settlement
known as the Flores Agreement.
https://www.jpost.com/International/Judge-rejects-Trump-request-for-long-term-detention-of-immigrant-children-562085
July 10: Trump administration falls short on
first family reunification deadline
The Trump administration was only able to reunite fewer than half of the
eligible separated migrant families in its care by a court-ordered deadline
Tuesday -- as the fates of thousands more remain in limbo.
A federal judge on Tuesday was nevertheless mostly satisfied with the
government's efforts to meet his deadline, turning his attention next to the
2,000 to 3,000 families that will need to be reunited later in the month.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/immigration-deadline-family-reunification/index.html
July 12: Health and Human Services was
unable to reunite 12 of the 46 young immigrant children who were separated from
their parents because the adults were deported and chose to leave their child in
U.S. federal custody, an official confirmed Thursday.
The dozen adults "had the opportunity to bring the child with them" when they
were given removal orders, but opted against it, Matthew Albence, executive
associate director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement
and Removal Operations, told reporters during a call Thursday.
The ICE official said adults left the kids in U.S. federal custody because they
knew they would eventually be placed with sponsors and wanted the kids to grow
up in America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hhs-couldnt-reunite-12-immigrant-children-because-their-deported-parents-left-them-behind-in-us
July 13: Judge Orders 12-Hour Notice to
Reunite Immigrant Families
The Trump administration was directed to provide the location and time for
reunifications of children and families who were separated after crossing into
the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-orders-12-hour-notice-to-reunite-immigrant-families-1531522836
July 13: In a concession to the court, the
administration said it would truncate the process it used to reunify younger
migrant children, which involved fingerprinting and DNA testing to confirm
parentage and check for criminal history.
HHS is facing a July 26 court-ordered deadline to reunite all of the children.
Under an amended plan that the Trump administration said it began deploying on
Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will set up between six and eight
locations where families can be reunified. HHS field teams will then interview
prospective parents for 15 minutes to confirm parentage and a desire to reunite
with the child; HHS also will review available records to determine criminal
history or other factors that may pose a risk to the child.
When parentage can be confirmed, and officials determine that the child is not
at risk, HHS will then bring the child to the adult's location within 48 hours
and turn custody over to ICE.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/trump-administration-family-separations-reunifications-722196
July 16: Federal judge pauses deportations
of reunited families
San Diego-based US District Court Judge Dana Sabraw addressed the issue at the
top of a status hearing in a continuing family separations case filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union.
Sabraw ordered the pause to allow for a full written argument on the ACLU's
request to pause deportations of parents for a week after reunification.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/family-separations-border-reunification/index.html
July 16: Federal prosecutor: two immigrant
children in Connecticut to be reunited with parents
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle McConaghy filed court documents stating a
nine-year-old Honduran boy identified as J.S.R. and a 14-year-old Salvadoran
girl referred to as V.F.B. will be reunited with their parents. The court
filings note the parents will be granted parole from federal custody.
“At this stage, Plaintiffs’ parents can only be released from detention through
a solely discretionary grant of parole under narrowly prescribed circumstances,
such as a present ‘urgent humanitarian reason or significant public benefit’,”
the filings said. “Having considered all the factors presented in this case,
(U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will be granting Plaintiffs’ parents’
request for parole from custody under the terms and conditions set forth by ICE
at the time of parole.”
https://ctmirror.org/2018/07/16/federal-prosecutor-two-immigrant-children-connecticut-reunited-parents/
July 16: Dozens of "desperate parents"
detained at the U.S. border have signed an open letter to the American people
pleading for support in their efforts to be reunited with their children.
"We were not prepared for the nightmare that we faced here," the letter says.
"The United States government kidnapped our children with tricks and didn't give
us the opportunity to say goodbye."
The letter says the parents have been separated from their children for more
than a month with little word about their well-being, other than that the kids
are living with other families.
The letter says many of the parents have only been able to speak with their
children once, and the children don't recognize their parents' voices and feel
abandoned and unloved.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/16/immigration-desperate-parents-write-open-letter-seeking-help/788475002/
July 16: When President Trump signed an
executive order ending his policy of separating migrant families at the border,
his administration seemed to
have no plan for reuniting the nearly 3,000 children with their parents.
Several days later, a federal judge said that was unacceptable, giving the
government 14 days to reunite the youngest children with their parents, and 30
days to return all the children.
The Trump administration failed to fully meet the first deadline. While U.S.
District Judge Dana Sabraw initially praised the Department of Health and Human
Services for its “good faith” effort to meet the July 10 deadline, only 58 of
the 103 separated children under 5 years old were reunited by Thursday. The
government said 33 parents could not be reunited with their children because
they were in criminal custody, and 12 adults had already been deported.
In a court filing on Friday, HHS gave the exact number of older children in its
custody for the first time — 2,551 migrant children age 5 to 17 — and laid out
its plan for reuniting them with their families by July 26.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/family-separation-plan-reunite-2-500-kids-in-10-days.html
July 19: Facing a looming deadline to
reunite of hundreds of migrant families by next week, the Trump administration
said Thursday it had found at least 1,606 parents potentially eligible for
reunification with their children, but more than 900 may not be at this point.
According to the latest estimates provided in a court filing Thursday, 2,551
children aged between 5 and 17 were separated from their parents at the border,
and thus far, 364 from that group have been reunited.
Of the parents the government claims are ineligible for reunification, two are
in state or federal custody, 136 "waived" reunification rights when interviewed,
91 had a criminal record or were otherwise deemed ineligible. But, the largest
group -- mostly likely to cause further questions -- are 679 that require
"further evaluation."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/politics/parent-verifications-kids-over-5/index.html
July 22: Judge, Calm in Court, Takes Hard
Line on Splitting Families
Sabraw showed how more than seven weeks later in a blistering opinion faulting
the administration and its "zero tolerance" policy for a "crisis" of its own
making. He went well beyond the American Civil Liberties Union's initial request
to halt family separation — which President Donald Trump effectively did on his
own amid a backlash — by imposing a deadline of this Thursday to reunify more
than 2,500 children with their families.
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Immigration-Separating-Families-Judge-Sabraw-488846491.html
July 23: As Thursday deadline approaches,
reunification remains uncertain for hundreds of migrant families
A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to reunite all migrant
children 5 and older with their parents by Thursday — but officials' own data
shows that will be near impossible.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/07/23/deadline-thursday-july-26-family-reunifications/
July 24: Judge: Feds on track to reunite
1,600 eligible families but hundreds more remain separated
But Sabraw also said the government needs to provide more information as quickly
as possible about another 914 families currently deemed ineligible for
reunification so that as many of them as possible can be reunified at some point
in the future.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2018/07/24/judge-feds-track-reunite-1-600-eligible-families/831028002/
July 25: What Will Happen if the Trump
Administration Fails to Meet Family Reunification Deadline?
If the government fails to meet the reunification deadline, it is possible,
though unlikely, that the judge could hold them in contempt of court, experts
told Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-happens-trump-administration-misses-family-reunification-deadline-1042904
July 26: Today is the deadline for the Trump
administration to reunify separated minors between the ages of 5 and 17 with
their parents.
Federal officials said in court Tuesday that the government has successfully
reunited 1,012 migrant parents with their children. It has not yet reunified the
600 other eligible children in this age group and did not offer details on the
other 914 minors who have been deemed ineligible for reunification.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/today-is-the-deadline-to-reunite-all-separated-families-where-do-things-stand
July 26: ... the government has failed to
meet the court’s July 26 deadline for reunification of all eligible families.
... the ACLU reported on July 23 that at least 917 parents remained separated
from their children. More than half of these parents, 463, have already been
deported.
Even for those who have been reunited, the relief has been brief. Many parents
still face deportation orders and must make the decision of whether to be
deported with or without their children.
State courts and welfare agencies have frequently considered a parent’s
undocumented status and their willingness to cross the border illegally as proof
of parental unfitness sufficient to terminate parental rights.
https://wtop.com/living/2018/07/families-at-the-border-are-reunited-briefly-if-at-all/
July 28: Some of the kids in U.S. custody
may never see their parents again
We haven't seen their faces. We don't know their names. We only know a number:
711.
That's how many immigrant kids from separated families remain in custody,
according to the latest government tally.
Officials say that,
for various reasons, their families weren't eligible for reunification by
Thursday's deadline. They might be in the future, although a former head of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement warned this week that some of the children
might never see their parents again.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/28/politics/separated-kids-what-next/index.html
August 3:
Judge calls Trump administration family reunification efforts 'unacceptable'
The judge blasted the Trump administration Friday for its lack of a plan to
reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/judge-calls-trump-administration-family-reunification-efforts-unacceptable-n897531
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