‘Incredibly Chaotic’: Trump Administration Scrambles to Reunite Migrant Families as Deadline Looms

As migrant parents and children separated at the border by the Trump administration are reunited, lawyers and advocates say there is a whirlwind of confusion, NBC News reported.

Reunifications are taking place in detention center parking lots, attorney say, and migrants are being whisked to other detention centers or shelters late at night, often without their lawyers’ knowledge. Some parents aren’t being fully informed of their rights, according to the attorneys.

“These moments of reunification and release are incredibly chaotic, often happening in the middle of the night, and we want to make sure people understand what their obligations are,” said Royce Murray, policy director of the nonprofit American Immigration Council.

The Department of Homeland Security, which faces a Thursday deadline to reunify families, did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the reunification process and what migrant families are being told.