Trump Administration Argues It Would Be ‘Traumatic’ to Reunite Thousands of Migrant Children With Their Parents https://t.co/kCtF2jldVY

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“It would destabilize the permanency of their existing home environment, and could be traumatic to the children,” Jonathan White, who is in charge of the the department’s efforts to reunite the separated children with their parents, said in the filings, the Associated Press (AP) reported. The agency also suggested that the reunification would take extraordinary effort, arguing that the administration should simply focus on reuniting children being held in custody, not those released to sponsors.