A US judge has ordered the government to pay the costs of reuniting immigrant families with their children after being separated at the US-Mexico border as part of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.
The US government is currently in the process of reuniting nearly 2,000 children with their parents, although the Trump administration missed the deadline of July 10 Judge Dana Sabraw set in June to reunite nearly 100 of those immigrant children and their parents.
Immigrant parents have been told by immigration officials that they had to pay for their travel and DNA tests to verify family relationships before being reunited with their children. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the government.
“It doesn’t make any sense for any of the parents who have been separated to pay for anything,” said Sabraw at a hearing in San Diego on Friday.
At the hearing, Sarah Fabian, who is a lawyer…