The Trump administration has complied with a federal court order and turned over on Saturday the names of migrant children younger than 5 who were separated from their parents at the southern border, according to a report.
A spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued the Trump administration over the family separations, told CNN it received a list that contained the names of close to 100 children under 5 who had been separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Judge Dana Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California said the list had to be turned over by Saturday evening.
The family separations stem from the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy, under which all adults apprehended illegally crossing the border are referred for criminal prosecution.
Sabraw will convene a hearing Monday to determine whether to extend the deadline, currently set for Tuesday, the government has been ordered meet to reunify children under the age of 5 with their parents.
A Justice Department lawyer said during a hearing Friday that the administration needs more time to find dozens of parents who are no longer in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sabraw ruled last month federal immigration officials had to stop separating children from their parents at the southern border. Sabraw’s order also gave the administration 14 days to reunify children under 5 with their parents. The administration had 30 days to reunify children over the age of 5 with their parents.
