Skepticism after US government says it's 'on track' to reunite 2,551 children

Kirstjen Nielsen made comment as attorneys express concern that parents were coerced into being deported without their children

The Trump administration on Thursday faces its court-imposed deadline to reunite 2,551 children it forcibly separated amid concerns from advocates and attorneys that parents were coerced into being deported without their children.

The US homeland security department (DHS) secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, said the government was “on track” to meet the deadline, during a meeting on Wednesday with roughly 20 members of the Congressional Hispanic caucus.

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