A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reunite migrant children who were separated from their parents

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• A federal judge ruled that US immigration agents must reunite migrant children who have been separated from their parents.
• Children younger than 5 years old need to be reunited within 14 days of the order, and children 5 years old and older within 30 days.
• More than 2,300 migrant children were separated after US President Donald Trump’s administration began a “zero tolerance” policy in early May.
• Earlier on Tuesday a cabinet secretary said the US won't reunite migrant children separated at the border unless their parents get asylum or agree to be deported.

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(REUTERS) - A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that U.S. immigration agents could no longer separate immigrant parents and children caught crossing the border from Mexico illegally, and must reunite those families that had been split up in custody.

United States District Court Judge Dana Sabraw granted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed over the family separations.

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