Administration ups estimate of children separated from their parents to 3,000
by Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times
Jul 05, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration admitted Thursday that the government has separated hundreds more children from their parents after illegal border crossings than had previously been revealed and that none of the families has yet been reunited.
Roughly 100 of the children are younger than 5, Alex M. Azar, the secretary of Health and Human Services, whose agency has custody of the children, told reporters on a conference call. The total number of children taken from
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