998 Children Who Entered US as Illegal Aliens ‘Remain to Be Reunited’ With Their Families: DHS

A task force established under the Biden administration two years ago has reunited over 600 children with their families who had tried to enter the United States illegally when a short-lived but strict border policy was in effect under the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that 998 children “remain to be reunited.”
The family separations took place under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy that was in effect from April–June 2018. It required all adults who cross the border into the United States illegally to be prosecuted. This meant that minors, who could not be held in criminal custody with their parents, were separated from their parents and were eventually typically sent to live with a sponsor, which is often a relative or another person linked to the family….