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CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
SCOTT G. STEWART
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
WILLIAM C. PEACHEY
Director
Office of Immigration Litigation
WILLIAM C. SILVIS
Assistant Director
Office of Immigration Litigation
SARAH B. FABIAN
Senior Litigation Counsel
NICOLE MURLEY
Trial Attorney
Office of Immigration Litigation
U.S. Department of Justice
Box 868, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20442
Telephone: (202) 532-4824
Fax: (202) 616-8962
ADAM L. BRAVERMAN
United States Attorney
SAMUEL W. BETTWY
Assistant U.S. Attorney
California Bar No. 94918
Office of the U.S. Attorney
880 Front Street, Room 6293
San Diego, CA 92101-8893
619-546-7125
619-546-7751 (fax)
Attorneys for Federal RespondentsDefendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MS. L, et al.,

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Petitioners-Plaintiffs,

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SUPPLEMENT TO JOINT
STATUS REPORT

vs.
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et
al.,
Respondents-Defendants.

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The Court ordered the parties to file a joint status report on August 2, 2018, in

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1:00pm PST. The parties filed that Joint Status Report in accordance with the Court’s

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Defendants report the following with regard to the current status, as of 12:00

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p.m. Eastern on August 1, 2018, of reunification of families with children ages 5-

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• Total number of possible children of potential class members originally
identified: 2,551 1

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o Children where further review shows they were not separated from
parents by DHS: 35
o Total number of those children who have been discharged from ORR:
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o Children discharged by being reunified with parents in ICE custody
under the government’s plan: 1535
o Children discharged in other appropriate circumstances (these include
discharges to other sponsors (such as in situations where there parent is
not eligible for reunification), reunifications with parents in DHS
custody earlier in the process, or children that turned 18) : 444

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The data in this Section reflects approximate numbers maintained by ORR as of
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Children remaining in care with ORR, where the adult associated with the
child is either not originally eligible for reunification or not available for
discharge at this time: 572 2
Parent waived reunification: 34 children
Reunification potentially affected by separate litigation: 97 children
Adult red flag from background check: 23 children
Adult red flag from other case file review: 34 children
Adult released to the interior or other custody, and contact not yet made:
68 children
o Adult outside the U.S.: 410 children
o Adult location under case file review: 15 children
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Respectfully submitted,

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CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General

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SCOTT G. STEWART
Deputy Assistant Attorney General

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WILLIAM C. PEACHEY
Director

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WILLIAM C. SILVIS
Assistant Director

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/s/ Sarah B. Fabian
SARAH B. FABIAN
Senior Litigation Counsel
NICOLE MURLEY
Trial Attorney

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This number is approximate because the data on children in care is still being
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associated with those children, add up to more than 572 because some adults fall
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Office of Immigration Litigation
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044
(202) 532-4824
(202) 616-8962 (facsimile)
sarah.b.fabian@usdoj.gov

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ADAM L. BRAVERMAN
United States Attorney
SAMUEL W. BETTWY
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorneys for Respondents-Defendants

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