More than 460 parents separated from kids at the border have been deported

The U.S. border at El Paso, Texas.
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In a status update filed in court Monday, the Trump administration said that 463 parents who were separated from their children at the border have been deported, CNN reports.

That number is "under review," and the government said those parents were told they could bring their children with them when they left the United States. Lawyers for immigration advocacy groups argue that the parents do not fully understand what they are agreeing to, and don't know they will be leaving their children.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.