{"id":602579,"date":"2018-07-14T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=602579"},"modified":"2018-07-16T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T14:35:13","slug":"completing-reunifications-without-putting-families-back-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/07\/completing-reunifications-without-putting-families-back-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Completing reunifications without putting families back together"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Annunciation

Ivan Pierre Aguirre \/ for The Texas Tribune<\/p>

Left to right: Director of the Annunciation House Ruben Garcia, Roger (only first names given), Pablo Ortiz and his 3-year-old son Andres (off frame) and 4-year-old Roger Jr. speak to the media during a press conference at the Annunciation House in El Paso on July 11. The fathers and sons were released the previous night by ICE.<\/p><\/div>\n

COMMENTARY:<\/strong> The first report card is in on the federal government\u2019s efforts to reunite the families it separated at the United States\u2019 border with Mexico.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not encouraging.<\/p>\n

Of the 103 children under age 5 who were supposed to be reunited with their families under court order this week, 57 are back with the people they were with when they got here. In a news release titled \u201cTrump administration completes reunification for eligible children under 5,\u201d federal officials said the remaining 46 kids were \u201cineligible for reunification.\u201d<\/p>\n