Unfortunately, everyone cannot be as welcoming as those of the Denver Health Refugee Clinic. It was announced families who migrated though the US Mexico border and were separated from each other may not be able to reconnect to each other for years. The problem is it will take the government up to two years in order to detect children who parted ways from their families. According to the federal government there are about 47,000 cases of children detained by immigration between 2017 and 2018. As one is aware, the number of cases is ever growing since the current year is 2019 and people who may continue to cross the border might unfortunately be separated from their families. So even though it is estimated it will take two years to reunite children with their family this timeline will constantly become pushed back.
The government places blame that the project to reunite families will take so long because of other immigration related issues the office of immigration is facing. White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney stated congress may also have to step in because the department of Homeland Security does not have the appropriate methods in place to handle the missing children. President Trump has even warned those who plan on fleeing to the United States that there is no more room for immigrants because the “US is full”. However, those who have already been detained in the United States should be reunited with their families in up to two years if the same schedule were to remain.