The Trump administration has failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant children forcibly separated from their families at the US-Mexico border, as about 700 children still remain in detection.
The federal government faced a Thursday deadline to reunify more than 2,500 children separated from their parents under President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy on immigration.
Authorities said more than 1,800 children have been reunited with their parents and sponsors, signaling a potentially long wait for distressed families.

Trump ended the cruel practice late last month amid global outrage from political and religious leaders and protests across the…