Print A mother and son separated by the Trump administration more than three years ago were finally reunited. TOP STORIES A Family Reunited at the Border More than three years ago, Bryan Chavez hugged his mother, Sandra Ortiz, inside a U.S. immigration office, terrified that he would never see her again. Chavez went to an immigration facility in California. His mother, who didn’t pass an initial asylum screening, was expelled to Mexico. They were among the earliest family separations during the Trump administration, well before splitting families became publicized U.S. policy. More than a thousand families remain separated, but the long ordeal for Chavez and his mom is over.