Biden task force to arrange reunifications of 4 migrant families separated under Trump, and they could be the first of "many"

The U.S. government is expected this week to arrange the reunification of four migrant families who were separated during the Trump administration as part of President Biden's effort to make amends to parents and children affected by a policy he has decried as cruel.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration will allow a small group of parents to enter the U.S. legally this week to reunite with their children, who have been living in the U.S. since their forced separations. During a call with reporters on Sunday, Mayorkas called the Trump-era separations a "tragedy."  "The first families reuniting this week are mothers. They are sons. They are daughters. They are children who were three-years-old at the time of separation. They are teenagers who have had to live without their parents during their most formative years," Mayorkas added.