HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Latest on two children being reunited with their parents in Connecticut after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local):
4:40 p.m.
Two immigrant children and their parents have been reunited and freed in Connecticut after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy.
A lawyer for the 14-year-old girl from El Salvador and the 9-year-old boy from Honduras says they were reunited with their parents and all were freed Monday.
The children were being detained by a government contractor in Groton. The girl’s mother and the boy’s father were detained in Texas, but immigration officials approved placing them on parole while deportation proceedings are pending.
Lawyers for the boy and girl sued Attorney General Jeff Sessions over their detentions. A federal judge in Bridgeport ruled Friday that separating the children from their parents was unconstitutional.
Another hearing in the case is scheduled for Wednesday.
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11:12 a.m.
A federal prosecutor says two immigrant children detained in Connecticut are being reunited with their parents after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle McConaghy wrote in a court filing the 14-year-old girl from El Salvador and the 9-year-old boy from Honduras will be reunited with their parents Monday. Officials say the parents, who are seeking asylum from violence, are being paroled from federal custody.
A federal judge in Bridgeport ruled Friday that separating the children from their parents was unconstitutional. Another judge has ruled all children 5 and older separated from their families must be reunified with them by July 26. Officials are expediting the Connecticut case.
The children are being detained by a government contractor in Groton.
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