San Diego • The Trump administration asked a judge Friday for more time to reunite families who were separated at the border under its “zero-tolerance” policy to prosecute every person who enters the country illegally.
After a two-hour hearing, the judge put the administration’s request off until at least Monday, ordering the Justice Department to share with the American Civil Liberties Union a list of the 101 children under 5 years old who are separated from their parents. The group sued the administration to force the young children to be reunited by Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw scheduled another hearing for Monday in San Diego, with hopes that the two sides could agree on which of the children can be excused from the deadline.