Federal government must provide mental health services to separated migrant families

• Judge John Kronstadt found that the government can be held responsible for its actions when it places people in dangerous conditions with "deliberate indifference."
• Those who've been deported will likely not be eligible for treatment.

The big picture: Carrying out mental health screenings and treatments will be a long and expensive process since thousands of the impacted migrants are spread out across the country.

What's next: Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, told the Times that he "assumes the government will appeal and get the order stayed because it’s brand new. They’ll say the judge got it wrong.”

Go deeper:

• Government watchdog: Separations caused trauma on migrant children
• Court blocks Trump from indefinitely detaining migrant families
• The number of children split from their parents at U.S.-Mexico border tops 5,400