US government still holds 565 immigrant children

The US government continues to hold 565 illegal immigrant children in custody, three weeks after a court deadline to reunite them with parents or guardians, a court filing showed Friday.

Families with young children protest the separation of immigrant families with a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building.

Source: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

That included 24 children five years old or younger being cared for by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement.

 

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