All children under five will be reunified with parents by Thursday: U.S. official

Reuters

Published Jul 11, 2018 10:44PM ET

All children under five will be reunified with parents by Thursday: U.S. official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All migrant children under age 5 who are eligible will be reunified with their parents by early on Thursday morning, a Trump administration official said on Wednesday.

A federal judge had ordered the government to reunite by Tuesday children under 5 who had been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

(Corrects to official speaking on Wednesday.)