Judge orders U.S. to review asylum for separated migrant families

FILE PHOTO: Activists protest to denounce the separation of children from their families at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. October 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

(Reuters) - A federal judge ordered the U.S. government on Thursday to begin processing asylum claims for dozens of migrant parents and children that had been separated at the southern border under the Trump Administration's zero tolerance immigration policy.

The order directs the government to begin the process of reviewing asylum claims for about 60 detained parents and children, even if their claims had previously been denied.