Getty Images/Win McNamee About 500 of the more than 2,000 children separated from their families at the US-Mexico border have reportedly been reunited since May. Many of the children were reunited within days after being separated from their families, a senior Trump administration official told the Associated Press. About 500 of the more than 2,000 children separated from their families at the US-Mexico border have been reunited since May, a senior Trump administration official told the Associated Press on Thursday. The official, who was not authorized to release the numbers, said the children had been separated from their parents as a result of President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that calls for the criminal prosecution of anyone caught crossing the US border illegally.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why the North Korea summit mattered even if it was 'mostly a photo op'See Also:The feds are moving ahead with private land seizures to make room for Trump's border wall'What kind of people are we, for God’s sakes?:' James Comey said Trump's border policy 'adds to the pain' that he helped him get electedThere's no evidence the Trump administration has reunited any families yet — or even has a real plan toSEE ALSO: White House adviser Stephen Miller has become the face of Trump's 'zero-tolerance' policy, and one outside adviser says he 'enjoys' seeing the chaos on the border