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Trump administration reunites just over half of migrant children under 5 with parents, says others are 'ineligible'

LOS ANGELES - Federal officials said early Thursday they had reunited 57 of 103 young migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border largely as part of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on suspected illegal crossings, but they have not returned an additional 46 for reasons including deportation and criminal histories of some of the adults.

The government began its first major wave of reuniting migrant children with their parents on Tuesday, the deadline set by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw for those

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