23-11-2018 22:44 via kvoa.com

Some families split up at border still detained months later

PHOENIX (AP) — Half a dozen families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border and then reunited are still detained in Texas.
Immigrant advocates say the government is violating a longstanding legal agreement that bars it from detaining kids past 20 days. They say families with young children who already endured the trauma of separation should not also be held for so many months.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the average length of families’ stay at the South Texas Famil
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