The government said Thursday it is on track to meet a court-mandated deadline to reunite thousands of children and parents that have been “found eligible for reunification” by Friday.
In court documents, the Department of Justice said that as of 6 a.m. — the cut-off for the filing — 1,820 children between the ages of five and 17 had been discharged from the government’s custody and are now with parents or in the care of other sponsors.
Of those, 1442 have been reunited with parents being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in two detention centers. The remaining 378 have either reached the age of 18 or are living outside a detention center in the U.S. with their parents, relatives or another adult approved by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which as been overseeing the minors’ care.
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