US judge orders separated families be reunited

U.S. President Donald Trump

 

A US judge ordered that migrant families separated at the border with Mexico under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy be reunited within 30 days.

For children under five, reunification must take place within two weeks of the order, issued on Tuesday by US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego.

Sabraw issued the ruling in response to a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a seven-year-old girl who was separated from her Congolese mother and a boy, 14 who was separated from his Brazilian mother.

The judge also issued an injunction against any more family separations. Some 2,000 children were taken from their families.