Two NY Lawyers Describe Chaos of Reuniting Migrant Children With Parents

WNYC News | Jul 26, 2018

Today is the deadline for the federal government to reunite more than 2,500 migrant children who were separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. Hundreds were sent to foster care agencies in New York, and they're now being represented for free by various attorneys lawyers. WNYC's Beth Fertig spoke to two lawyers at The Door, a social service agency for kids. In this interview, Eve Stotland and Kaavya Viswanathan explained how several of their young clients are still very much in limbo just hours before the reunification deadline.

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