On June 26, 2018, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reunite families that it had separated at the U.S.–Mexico border. As of mid-Octo-ber, however, an analysis by the American Civil Liberties Union showed that 245 children were still in government custody. About half those children remained in the United States when their parents were deported and were not seeking reunification; the other half were still waiting to be re-united with their parents.