--- description: There are 559 migrant children who have not been reunited with their parents, according to a new court filing from the Trump Administration title: More Than 500 Separated Children Remain in U.S. Custody image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d8627b98f62b9cf/698936d286f68eea1f6e9cb2/foster-care-united-states-government-child-care-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Immigration](/tag/immigration/) ## Immigration Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 559 Children Separated at the Border Have Still Not Been Reunited With Their Parents by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2018 2:50 AM CUT  Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas. Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2018 2:50 AM CUT There are 559 migrant children who have not been reunited with their parents after they were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year, according to a new court [filing](https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/ms-l-v-ice-joint-status-report-1 "undefined") from the Trump Administration. Of the 2,511 separated children, 1,569 were reunited with their parents who are in the custody of U.S. Immigration of Customs Enforcement. The Trump Administration said 386 children had not been reunited because their parents were “outside the U.S.” There have been previous instances of parents being deported without their children. For 163 children, parents said they did not want to be reunited, though government attorneys note that a “significant number” of those parents are outside the country. The documents were filed as part of an order by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, who gave the Trump Administration a deadline a [30-day deadline](http://time.com/5350788/kids-separated-from-families-july-26-deadline/ "undefined") to reunite families. That deadline expired on July 26\. [MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff](https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff "undefined") first obtained the documents and posted them on Twitter Thursday night. > [](https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1027690518480871425) These are the remaining children separated from their families at the border as a result of the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. 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