Separated families to reunite in the U.S.
May 4, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas announced that a handful of migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify inside the United States this week. The families came from Honduras and Mexico, and some had been separated as far back as 2017. The executive director of the family reunification task force said the parents would be given temporary permission to enter the United States through a process known as humanitarian parole. The announcement was welcomed by the immigrant advocates but at the same time, they expressed frustration at the slow pace of reunification.