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Children are being kept in immigration custody longer than allowed, advocates say
The family was held three times longer than the Flores Settlement limit at Dilley, where about 1,400 people remain detained, advocates said.
- In December, a family was detained at Texas's Dilley immigration center for 60 days after ICE pulled them from their car, flew them from El Paso, and processed them into detention.
- The Flores Settlement generally limits child detention to 20 days, and advocates link the recent reopening of the Dilley immigration detention center, Texas, to the Trump administration's enforcement policies, as lawyer Elora Mukherjee states.
- Inside the facility, advocates say medical staff dismissed pleas for medication as Amalia, a one-year-old, developed a fever, tested positive for COVID-19, and had her nebulizer confiscated before hospital transfer.
- This month the family was released and will face their first court date in 2027 after being processed for parole, even as RAICES reported about 1,400 people held at Dilley last month.
- Advocates warn prolonged family detention can cause long-term harm to children, while DHS states `being in detention is a choice` in the policy dispute over Flores.
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Children are being kept in immigration custody longer than allowed, advocates say
Immigration advocates say the Trump administration, as part of its immigration crackdown, is keeping minors detained for longer than the permitted by law.
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Khelin Marcano, Stiven Prieto and their one-year-old daughter Amalia were released from immigration detention this month. (ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- As Khelin Marcano was preparing for her routine scheduled appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforce...
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