Lawyers can't find the parents of 666 migrant kids, a higher number than previously reported
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON Lawyers working to reunite migrant families separated by the Trump administration before and during its "zero tolerance" policy at the border now believe the number of separated children for whom they have not been able to find parents is 666, higher than they told a federal judge last month, according to an email obtained by NBC News.
About one third of those children were under 5 at the time of the separation, according to a source familiar with the data.
In the email, Steven Herzog, the attorney leading efforts to reunite the families, explains that the number is higher because the new group includes those "for whom the government did not provide any phone number." Previously, the lawyers said they could not find the parents of 545 children after they had tried to make contact but had been unsuccessful.
Herzog said in the email to Justice Department attorneys representing the Trump administration, "we would appreciate the government providing any available updated contact information, or other information that may be helpful in establishing contact for all 666 of these parents."
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-can-t-find-parents-666-migrant-kids-higher-number-n1247144?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)Cannot imagine the trauma these children have gone through at the hands of the US government.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Thats awful
Maeve
(42,282 posts)But as for the news...
Bev54
(10,050 posts)Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)Let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. -- Revelations 13:18
rwsanders
(2,597 posts)I think that someone should shave his and Barron's head to see if it is there also.
gohuskies
(1,156 posts)This is one of the top 3 unforgiveable sins and crimes committed by DHS and Steven Miller/Steve Bannon. Anyone who was complicit should forfeit their jobs at the very least while the chief promulgators need to be indicted for crimes against humanity.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)Lock him up.
(6,928 posts)Thinking of the kids kills me.
I keep them in mind.
0rganism
(23,944 posts)what a phenomenal fuck-up the Trump "administration" has been
Warpy
(111,254 posts)desperately trying to find their children.
There was never a way to reunite these families. There were no numbers assigned, no cross referencing on paperwork, nothing, just snatch their kids to teach 'em a lesson.
This mess will likely take as much time to sort out as the stolen children in Argentina did.
keithbvadu2
(36,787 posts)Child trafficking pays quite well for Trump's friends who run the camps.
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)and I don't know which would be worse.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)PatrickforO
(14,571 posts)This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. - Revelation 13:18.
I KNEW Trump was a demon.
getagrip_already
(14,742 posts)They violated peoples rights collecting it to prevent them from ever being able to apply for legal entry.
Kids should be traceable to their parents using it.
They can't both have it and not be able to identify families.
rwsanders
(2,597 posts)who believes that one of the children is theirs. Then pay for testing and reunification.
Problem with my idea is many of them were fleeing oppressive governments. Maybe it could be done through the churches in the area.