PHOENIX — Half a dozen families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border are still detained in Texas months after reuniting with their children. The detention centre in Dilley, Texas, had been holding about 40 families for four months following the court-ordered reunifications. Families still detained in Texas said in interviews with The Associated Press that they are desperate and that their kids are traumatized. The families who remained detained long after reunification are asylum seekers who failed what’s known as a “credible fear” interview — the first step in the process. “Every step of the way, the government has really taken its time,” said Katy Murdza, an advocacy co-ordinator with CARA Pro Bono, which provides legal services to hundreds of families detained in Dilley.

Source: National Post November 23, 2018 21:45 UTC