Just one child from a separated migrant family who's eligible for reunification remains in government custody, officials said in a court filing Friday night -- though the family separations crisis is far from over.
RELATED: 'Zero tolerance' a year later: How the US family separations crisis eruptedThe filing, a regular status update submitted as part of the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit over separations of undocumented immigrant families, indicates that officials have made major headway in the court-ordered reunification process after months of efforts to track down hundreds of parents who were deported without their children.
A total of 2,162 children from separated families have been reunified with their parents, the court filing said.The next phaseAn explosive government watchdog report in January revealed there could be thousands more families who were separated at the border but weren't previously acknowledged by the government. And last month US District Judge Dana Sabraw ruled that those families should be included in the class action lawsuit over family separations.
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