U.S. Says It Is "Working Very Hard" To Meet Reunification Deadline

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to meet a court-set deadline to reunify migrant children with their parents next week. Families attempting to cross into the US from Mexico were separated at the border last month as part of the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy on immigration. A federal judge last month set a July 26 deadline for the government to reunite the children and their parents. Reuters reports U.S.