Homeland Security to begin reuniting separated families this week

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By Brian Brant 

(WASHINGTON) Four families separated by former President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy will be reunited this week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Sunday, according to Axios.

Mayorkas said there are "thousands of families that remain to be reunited" and that the department will be continuing to identify families for reunification in the near future. 

Family reunification has been one of President Joe Biden's biggest immigration priorities, even allowing these reunions to occur on U.S. soil.

However, Axios reports any progress to reunite these families had been slow.

Michelle Brané, executive director of the Family Reunification Task Force, said that over a thousand families have been identified thus far. 

Brané added that the task force is working to identify all the cases of separated families, with "most" of the children set to be reunited with their relatives.

"This is just the beginning," Mayorkas said. "We continue to work tirelessly to reunite many more children, with their parents in the weeks and months ahead."

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