By Kristina Davis, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2019
The Trump administration has separated 911 migrant children from their parents at the border since a San Diego federal judge last summer ordered an end to the systemic practice, the American Civil Liberties Union reported to the court Tuesday.
The continuing separations are largely blamed on parental criminal history — an exception that U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw has carved out in the ongoing litigation.
But lawyers with the ACLU argue that the government is abusing its discretion as to what makes a parent unfit or a danger. They say law enforcement officers are continuing to separate families based on past minor criminal offenses, health issues or unsubstantiated doubts as to parentage.
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