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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:23 PM Jun 2018

U.S. judge says may rule next week on reuniting migrant children

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A federal judge said on Friday he could rule as soon as the middle of next week on a request to order the U.S. government to reunite thousands of immigrant children who were separated from their parents after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border.

While U.S. President Donald Trump bowed to political pressure on Wednesday and issued an executive order ending the separations, the administration has been silent on plans to reunite parents split from their children.

More than 2,300 migrant children have been separated since the Trump administration began a “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal border crossings in early May.

At a court hearing on Friday, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union pressed U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego to issue an injunction as soon as Friday evening to force the government to begin reuniting families.

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POLITICS JUNE 22, 2018 / 6:44 PM / UPDATED 9 MINUTES AGO
Tom Hals
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children-judge/u-s-judge-says-may-rule-next-week-on-reuniting-migrant-children-idUSKBN1JI2XZ

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U.S. judge says may rule next week on reuniting migrant children (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2018 OP

Go ACLU! Time for another donation. sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #1

I have been Desert grandma Jun 2018 #6

I have been following this case Gothmog Jun 2018 #2

The answer to this 'news'... Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #3

What is this judge doing right now? mahannah Jun 2018 #4

WHY does it always bluestarone Jun 2018 #5

Background on the judge: Liberty Belle Jun 2018 #7

sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)

1. Go ACLU! Time for another donation.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:25 PM

Jun 2018

Desert grandma

(804 posts)

6. I have been

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:14 PM

Jun 2018

a monthly donor since November of 2016. The courts are the only way to check this ego-manic, delusional, psychopathic president. At least until November...which can not come soon enough.

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)

2. I have been following this case

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 08:07 PM

Jun 2018

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

3. The answer to this 'news'...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 08:08 PM

Jun 2018

May?
Two more weeks for the judge, minimum.

mahannah

(893 posts)

4. What is this judge doing right now?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:27 PM

Jun 2018

bluestarone

(16,976 posts)

5. WHY does it always

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:34 PM

Jun 2018

Take weeks or months for these Judges????? Just seems so sad for these Kids!!

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)

7. Background on the judge:

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 11:06 AM

Jun 2018

He was a Bush appointee and is married to San Diego DA Summer Stephan, a Republican:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Sabraw

But he did reject the Bush administration's effort to get this case dismissed, and he is half-Japanese, apparently an immigrant or son of immigrants himself.

His wife has been fairly active in trying to stop child trafficking so maybe there's hope he will care about the kids.

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