The federal government asked a San Diego federal judge Tuesday for time to implement President Trump's executive order to end family separations and to reject a motion from the American Civil Liberties Union to reunite immigrant families within 30 days.
In court documents, the federal government said President Trump’s recent executive order already stops family separations and a court-imposed order would “likely slow the reunification process and cause confusion.”
On Monday, the ACLU urged the court to direct the federal government to halt family separations, speed up the reunification process, let parents call their children within seven days and to stop deporting parents without their children.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it has reunited 522 children with their parents. More than 2,000 migrant children remain in federal custody.
This week’s filings stem from a lawsuit filed by the ACLU earlier this year over family separation.
A decision in the case is expected this week.
