The Trump administration has been racing to meet its court-mandated July 10 deadline to reunite migrant families, following its highly controversial (and now-abandoned) "zero tolerance" policy, in which any person caught crossing the U.S. southern border illegally faced prosecution and possibly separation from their children. I’m optimistic that many of these families will be reunited tomorrow.”

This past weekend Sabraw had charged the government with the task of providing a list of the separated children’s names to the ACLU, then scheduled an additional hearing for Tuesday morning. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption 'It's been 50 days since I heard of my son'

The Department of Justice (DoJ) and American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) joint status report on Tuesday detailed why the 27 children cannot yet be reunited with their families. ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt said that the government had taken “significant steps” to rejoin the separated parents and children, but that the ACLU was still in the dark about how much effort the Trump administration has made to locate the parents. They added that the government intended to reunite families “in a manner that ensures the safety of the child.”

The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy on undocumented people entering the country resulted in more than 2,000 children being forcibly taken from their parents. From May 7 to June 20, the US Customs and Border Protection was instructed to prosecute any adult immigrant caught crossing the border illegally, thereby sending parents to federal custody while their children were taken into the care of the Health and Human Services. For instance, the administration also has a deadline to reunite nearly 3,000 children over 5 years old with their parents by July 26, and with this latest news, the chances of the administration fulfilling the deadline look pretty grim. Additionally, there are other parents who are in custody awaiting prosecution, or have criminal records that prohibit them from immediately claiming their children.
The Trump Administration misses a court mandated July 10th deadline to reunite some of the youngest of the separated children with their families, citing "legitimate logistical impediments".