More than 300 older children split at border are reunited

AP  |  San Diego (US) 

The says it has reunified 364 children ages 5 and older with their families after they were separated at the border, still leaving hundreds to go before a court-imposed deadline of next Thursday.

The Justice Department reaffirmed in a court filing yesterday that it has identified 2,551 children who may be covered by US District Dana Sabraw's order.

The administration and the are due back in for the fifth time in two weeks as the holds tightly to a July 26 for all children to be reunified. He set an earlier deadline of July 10 for dozens of children under 5.

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First Published: Fri, July 20 2018. 05:15 IST