The parents of 545 children separated at the border still haven’t been found. The pandemic isn’t helping.
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Advocates for immigrants say they still have not found the parents of 545 minors who were separated from their families starting three years ago during President Trump’s immigration crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The 545 children are among more than 1,500 who were separated from their parents as far back as July 1, 2017, and they include cases that were part of a pilot immigration program at the time and were not immediately disclosed to the U.S. District Judge who ordered the families reunited in June 2018, said American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Lee Gelernt.
More than two-thirds of the minors are from Central America, and the children are believed to be with sponsors or other family members in the United States.
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