Trump Administration Will Miss Deadline To Reunite Migrant Kids Under 5 With Parents
Of the 102 young children in custody, the Justice Department says at least 54 will return to their parents by Tuesday as ordered by a court. But a judge still voiced optimism about "real progress."
Of the nearly 3,000 migrant minors who were separated from their parents and placed in federal custody, the Trump administration says at least 102 are under 5 years old. And for several weeks, administration officials have been under a court-ordered deadline: Reunite those young children with their parents, and do it quickly.
Now, one day before a Tuesday deadline, the administration says authorities expect to return just over half of the kids —
