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Deported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S. Custody

The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.
Rudy Migdael Ramirez in Jutiapa, Guatemala.

The Trump administration has one week left to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite over 2,000 children separated at the border from their families suspected of entering the U.S. illegally.

Logistically, it's going to be tough for the government. The children were sent to dozens of different shelters and foster homes around the United States, in many cases, thousands of miles from their detained parents.

Then there are dozens more parents who've already been deported without their children, further complicating the reunification process.

Rudy Migdael Ramirez, 36,

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