Trump administration still struggles to address immigration crisis

WASHINGTON - The process of reunifying families who have been separated at the border could take months, federal officials said Friday, as lawyers, advocates and lawmakers said the path ahead remained murky and chaotic and the Trump administration again did not provide clear direction on how to resolve the issue.

"To wait four months - my God, that's agonizing," said Daniel Garza, president of the conservative Latino organization Libre Initiative, after a Department of Health and Human Services field supervisor outlined a process that could last that long while speaking in McAllen, Texas, at a meeting convened by the state's two senators.

Federal officials say about 2,300 children have been detained apart from their parents since May, when the administration began holding many adults