US still holds 565 immigrant children

The US government continues to hold 565 illegal immigrant children in custody, three weeks after a court deadline to reunite them with parents or guardians, a court filing showed Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement reported the parents of 366 of the 565 children were outside of the United States, making reunifications difficult. The parents of 154 of the children indicated they did not want to be reunified with the children, it said.