A federal judge has ordered the US government to provide a list of the estimated 100 immigrant children under the age of 5, who were separated from their families, by Saturday evening.
“What I’m contemplating is the government provides a list to plaintiffs counsel by tomorrow 5 p.m. (PDT, midnight GMT) with the identities of the children,” US Judge Dana Sabraw said on Friday at a hearing.
Sabraw also asked the government to explain by Saturday its expectation for reuniting each of those children with their parents by the end of Tuesday.
Last month, he issued the reunification order, which also set a July 26 deadline for over 2,000 children to be reunited.
The US government attorneys, however, said they may fail to meet those deadlines because of delays in confirming family relationships.
Sabraw refused to extend the deadlines without more information.
He also ordered the government to inform the American Civil Liberties Union, which…