More parents separated from children at U.S.-Mexico border are located

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Click arrows to view gallery -- Central American child waits at a migrant camp on the U.S.-Mexico border

Migrants are taken to a van after they crossed into El Paso, Texas, U.S. and turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum, February 8, 2021.

A migrant puts on her shoes after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn herself in to a U.S. Border Patrol agent to request for asylum February 8, 2021

A migrant from Central America and her daughter stand near the Zaragoza-Ysleta International border bridge after being deported from the United States, February 4, 2021.

Central American immigrants wait at a migrant camp on the U.S.-Mexico border

The parents of 506 migrant children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration are being sought by a task force put together by U.S. President Biden so they can be reunited with their children. According to a new court filing Wednesday, lawyers and partner organizations have located the families of 105 of the original 611 children so far.

The new U.S. administration reversed Trump’s controversial “zero tolerance” immigration policy that led to the separation of thousands of families. Biden called the policy a “stain” on the country’s reputation.

“Our responsibility is to reunite the families and to support and facilitate their healing,” said U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who leads the task force. “It is our commitment to make sure that pain is not felt again.”

Click arrows to view gallery -- Newly constructed border wall is shown next to Tijuana, Mexico along the U.S. border east of San Diego, California, U.S., February 2, 2021.

Migrants at the El Chaparral border crossing point seek asylum in the U.S.

Migrants cross the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., February 9, 2021.

A child embraces a woman at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to detain children crossing the southern U.S. border - June 2018

Central American immigrants wait at a migrant camp on the U.S.-Mexico border

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