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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 10 July 2018

U.S. will reunite and release over 50 immigrant children

By ELLIOT SPAGAT pleased and disappoint- President Donald Trump re-
Associated Press ed” with the government’s versed course on June 20
SAN DIEGO (AP) — More progress toward meeting amid an international out-
than 50 immigrant children the deadline. cry and said families should
under age 5 will be reunited “Tomorrow there will hope- remain together.
with their parents by Tues- fully be more than 50 ba- Late last month, Sabraw,
day’s court-ordered dead- bies and toddlers reunited an appointee of Republi-
line for action by Trump ad- with their parents, and that can President George W.
ministration, and the fami- is obviously an enormous Bush, set a 14-day deadline
lies will then be released victory,” he said. But he to reunite children under 5
into the U.S., a government said those who remain split with their parents, and a 30-
attorney said Monday. from their parents are “in day deadline for older chil-
That’s only about half of for a long process.” dren. The 30-day deadline
the 100 or so toddlers cov- U.S. District Judge Dana is up July 26.
ered by the order. Sabraw ordered both sides Monday’s hearing set the
At a court hearing, Justice In this June 18, 2018 file photo, dignitaries take a tour of back in court on Tuesday to stage for a dramatic day of
Southwest Key Programs Casa Padre, a U.S. immigration facility
Department lawyer Sarah in Brownsville, Texas, where children who have been separated give another update. reunifications on Tuesday
Fabian acknowledged from their families are detained. The ACLU was drawing up across the country, though
the government wouldn’t Associated Press a proposal to shorten the they are likely to occur
meet the deadline for all It was the first time the gov- space to hold families. wait for the remaining chil- largely outside public view.
the children, citing a va- ernment indicated wheth- ICE has three family de- dren. Gelernt said some Fabian did not disclose
riety of reasons, including er the parents and children tention centers with room procedures — such as DNA where the reunions would
that the parents of some would be released or de- for about 3,000 people in testing, fingerprinting and take place.
of the youngsters have al- tained together. They will all, and the places are al- requests for other informa- As for most of the rest of the
ready been deported. be set free in the U.S. pend- ready at or near capacity. tion — were designed for under-5 children who have
Fabian said that 54 children ing the outcome of their im- The Trump administration is releasing children to distant yet to reunited with their
will be joined with their par- migration cases, which can trying to line up thousands relatives, not to parents. families, Fabian said that
ents by the end of Tues- take several years. more beds at military bas- More than 2,000 children their parents have already
day at locations across the Fabian didn’t say why they es. in all were separated from been released into the U.S.,
country and that an addi- were being released, but American Civil Liberties their parents by U.S. immi- have been deported, or
tional five were undergoing U.S. Immigration and Cus- Union attorney Lee Gelernt gration authorities at the are behind bars on criminal
final background checks. toms Enforcement has little told reporters he was “both border this spring before charges.q

Baby survives 9 hours buried

in western Montana woods

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A man, who indicated that Brenda Bassett said in a
5-month-old infant who mi- a baby was buried some- statement Monday.
raculously survived more where in the woods. The baby was taken to a
than nine hours being bur- The sheriff’s office hast- hospital.
ied under a pile of sticks ily put together a search Custody of the child has
and debris in the woods of crew of federal, state and been referred to the state
western Montana suffered local officials that combed Division of Child and Fam-
only minor injuries despite the forest outside the hot ily Services, whose spokes-
wearing wet and soiled springs for six hours before a man, Chuck Council, did
clothes in cold weather, deputy heard a baby’s cry not immediately return a
authorities said Monday. at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. call for comment on Mon- This Sunday, July 8, 2018 photo provided by the Missoula County
The baby boy is otherwise He found the baby face- day. Sheriff’s Office shows a 5-month-old infant with dirt under their
in good condition, authori- down under the pile of sticks Francis Crowley, 32, was fingernails after authorities say the baby survived about nine
ties said. and debris, dressed only in being held on $50,000 hours being buried under sticks and debris in the woods.
Missoula County Sheriff’s a wet and soiled onesie in bail on a charge of crimi- Associated Press
deputies were called about the 46-degree (8-degree nal endangerment. Addi- a miracle,” the statement The nature of Crowley’s
8 p.m. Saturday about a Celsius) weather. tional charges will follow, said. “For the officers who relationship to the baby
man threatening people “He suffered some minor the sheriff’s office said in a were present for this event, was not immediately clear.
in the Lolo Hot Springs area scrapes and bruising but statement Sunday. it’s especially hard knowing There was no information
of the Lolo National Forest. overall is in good health,” “For all of us at the sheriff’s what this small baby en- on whether Crowley had
Deputies apprehended the sheriff’s spokeswoman office, this is what we call dured in the last 24 hours.” an attorney.q