US asking for more time on migrant cases

THE US government has asked for more time to reunite migrant families separated at the Us-mexico border.

It has now emerged some children’s parents have been deported.

During a court hearing on Friday a government attorney said 19 parents of children under the age of five held in custody had left the country.

The justice department has a deadline to release the children by Tuesday.

However, it says that more time is needed to perform the necessary identity checks.

A status hearing is scheduled for tomorrow morning.