At least 245 migrant children separated from parents at border since June

At least 245 children have reportedly been separated from their parents since the Trump administration ended its practice of separating families apprehended at the border.

The Trump administration identified those separations as having occurred between June of last year and earlier this month, CNN reported Thursday, citing a court filing.

The administration reportedly said that the basis for separating most of those children was because of "criminality, prosecution, gang affiliation or other law enforcement purpose."

The court filing cited by CNN is a status report in an ongoing lawsuit that was originally brought last year by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), according to CNN. A hearing as part of that case is scheduled for Thursday, the network reported.

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/430989-at-least-245-migrant-children-have-been-separated-from-parents-at-border-since

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