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The U.S. Department of Justice asked the U.S. District Court in San Diego to clarify if it would be breaching the court’s order if families were reunited after the deadline due to delays in confirming parentage.

The U.S. government is scheduled to update the federal judge in the San Diego case on the reunification process at a hearing at noon PDT (1900 GMT) on Friday.

Government agencies are deploying field teams to swab cheeks of children and adults in government custody and using outside laboratories for DNA testing to verify family members, according to the government’s court papers.

If parentage cannot be confirmed, the government said, it may not meet the court-ordered deadline for reuniting more than 2,000 children with their parents.

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The government, in its filing overnight, said the process could further be delayed by steps that were required before parents could be reconnected with their children. In addition to DNA testing to verify parentage, the government said it would need to perform a criminal history check, and has reviewed 300 adults with about 1,400 more to go.

The government also said it wanted to assure that parents could provide for the child’s physical and mental well-being.

As a result, some cases may require more time than allotted by the court, officials said, asking the court for guidance.

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U.S. tells court migrant families may not be reunited by deadline

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children/u-s-tells-court-migrant-families-may-not-be-reunited-by-deadline-idUSKBN1JW1W0

I'm glad they are doing things properly and not just releasing them.
I think a lot of the outcry over separating parents and children was more about forcing the govt. to have to go to a catch and release method, which wouldn't solve anything.

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If they were actually interested in solving the problem they would target businesses. Everything else is just pandering.

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(Reuters) - California’s “sanctuary state” laws largely survived a legal attack by the Trump administration on Thursday after a federal judge declined to block state measures aimed at thwarting cooperation with Washington’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

But the judge, John Mendez of U.S. District Court in Sacramento, also rebuked lawmakers, saying that the immigration issue could not ultimately be settled in the courts and said elected leaders needed to put aside differences and forge legislation.

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Mendez did, however, issue an injunction that bars California officials from imposing fines of up to $10,000 on employers who grant immigration officials access to a private workplace or to employment records.

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wait, what? do I understand this correctly: the state of California wanted to fine private employers for cooperating with federal officials who are performing a task that is required and legally covered by federal law? lolwut? that's a blatant attack on the federalist way the american state is organized.

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Cut all federal funding to sanctuary cities, quit giving EBT funds to illegal aliens and charge them for their emergency room visits. Americans come first.

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen met with Mexico’s foreign minister, Luis Videgaray, and ministers from Central America in Guatemala City to discuss the separations and how to beat the criminal gangs profiting from migration.

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Guatemalan authorities said that 11 reunited family groups comprising 131 people were flown back to the country in one of two flights carrying deportees on Tuesday.