US Government get Deadline to Reunite Migrant Families

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Thursday is the court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunite more than 1,500 children separated from their parents after crossing into the United States illegally in recent months.

Of the 2,551 children identified by the federal government as "potentially" covered by the court order, 1,012 had been reunited with their parents by Monday night.

The government anticipated it will have reunited some 1,600 families found to be "eligible" for reunification by the Thursday deadline.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen reportedly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Wednesday that officials are "on track" to meet the deadline. But the meeting angered some lawmakers, who told Nielsen the deadline was unrealistic.

Some parents were rejected for reunification because of a criminal record the U.S. government said disqualified them to reclaim custody; others were deported or returned voluntarily to their home country, complicating reunification.

Federal officials said 463 parents already may have been deported without their children.