Judge blasts HHS official's warning of endangering children as 'cover' to Trump admin in key immigration case
By Tal Kopan, Laura Jarrett and Sonia Moghe, CNN
Updated 5:36 AM ET, Sun July 15, 2018
A federal judge has blasted a declaration from a senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services who claimed that using a streamlined approach for reuniting children with their parents separated at the border could place the kids in danger.
"Unfortunately, HHS appears to be operating in a vacuum, entirely divorced from the undisputed circumstances of the case," San Diego-based Judge Dana Sabraw wrote in an order after the HHS declaration was filed late Friday.
In a radical departure from his typical tone to date, the judge -- a George W. Bush appointee -- went on to suggest the department's filing was an attempt to "provide cover to Defendants for their own conduct in the practice of family separation, and the lack of foresight and infrastructure necessary to remedy the harms caused by that practice."
After Friday's dust-up, Sabraw ordered the government to have an HHS representative in the court hearing Monday in addition to the usual Justice Department attorney.
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