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Three years after Donald Trump officially stopped separating migrating families at the border , hundreds of kids have yet to be reunited with their parents. Now that U.S. president Joe Biden is in office, hes taking steps towards undoing the former administrations inhumane policy . But unfortunately, a big hurdle to making happy reunions are the challenges in finding deported parents. Watch the video above to find out why its hard to locate the missing parents.

Enter first lady Jill Biden, who will lead a task force devoted to getting families together again. The White House announcement about Biden and her task force came on Friday.

More than 628 children are still apart from their families . These children are in foster care or are staying with distant family members , but before that, they were detained in conditions that an eyewitness described as appalling.

What I saw there was little children sitting on concrete floors covered by Mylar blankets supervised by security contractors in a watchtower, journalist Jacob Soboroff said on MSNBC . It makes me sick every time I recall it.

Monday I spoke with a still-separated father and son. The young man is eight now, living in CA with relatives and hasnt seen his dad in nearly three years. @AlOtroLado_Org trying to reunite them. Listen to audio which aired on @NicolleDWallaces show. pic.twitter.com/9OWaVpotKN

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Monday I spoke with a still-separated father and son. The young man is eight now, living in CA with relatives and hasnt seen his dad in nearly three years. @AlOtroLado_Org trying to reunite them. Listen to audio which aired on @NicolleDWallace s show. pic.twitter.com/9OWaVpotKN
Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) October 23, 2020

The now president previously condemned the ordeal thousands of families went through.

Their kids were ripped from their arms and separated ... those kids are alone, he said during the second presidential debate last year. Nowhere to go. Nowhere to go. Its criminal.

Jill Bidens decision to take on this new role a stark contrast to how her predecessor allegedly showed apathy about the heartbreaking conditions endured by children separated from their families at the border in detainment camps.

Former first lady Melania Trump infamously wore a jacket with the words I really dont care. Do U? written on her back during a border-facility visit in 2018. She was also secretly caught on tape making a profanity-laden remark directed at people appalled by the circumstances migrant children were in.

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