Trump Admin Says It Will Comply With Court Order to Reunite Families Separated at the Border

Government Executive: The Trump administration has vowed to comply with a court order implementing a strict time frame for reuniting immigrant children that it had separated from its parents, though it said meeting such an “artificial” schedule would come with a significant cost.

The Health and Human Services Department has in its custody fewer than the 3,000 minors the Homeland Security Department separated from parents illegally entering the United States, Alex Azar, the agency’s secretary, told reporters on a conference call Thursday.

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