family separation

The ACLU helped end the practice of family separation.

“That’s when I decided people need to know what is happening.”

Yesterday was the government's deadline for family reunification.

And they might not be anytime soon.

An immigration advocate called the reunions "incredibly chaotic."

"She saw her children today for the first time in over a month, and I got to be there with her."

A judge ruled that families must be given time to make asylum claims.

People are calling Therese Patricia Okoumou a hero.

"The Trump administration cannot use indefinite detention as a weapon to punish and deter asylum seekers."

And families are responsible for paying.

Activist Aeiramique Blake and 5 other people were arrested outside Otay Mesa Detention Center.

"People don't have a heart."

"We have no fear, you will not intimidate us."

A "mass mobilization" has been planned to keep families together.

"Stop pretending your racism is patriotism."

They claim the Trump administration's current focus is negatively impacting their work.

They were primarily women and there to protest "zero tolerance" immigration policies.

Attorneys say the children can't explain why they fled their home countries.

A facility in the county currently holds 500 women.

He called the situation "a chaotic circumstance of the Government’s own making."