US EditionWilliamsburg JCC Indivisible Group Hosts Vigil Opposing Family Separations
- On Saturday evening, demonstrators held a candlelight vigil and rally outside the Williamsburg-James City County Courthouse opposing unlawful family separations.
- The event addressed ongoing legal disputes regarding the Trump administration's 2023 decision to end a contract that provided legal assistance to families and children affected by the 2017-2018 policy that resulted in their separation at the border.
- Civil rights attorneys argued in federal court that the contract cut leaves hundreds of migrants in legal limbo, risking deportation due to insufficient government-provided services.
- Lee Gelernt from the ACLU stated, "If they don't have parole, they're subject to arrest, deportation and re-separation," highlighting the stakes for an estimated 414 at-risk migrants.
- A judge scheduled a May 30 hearing to consider enforcement steps amid concerns that thousands of families may again face separation due to the lapse in legal support.
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MyCentralOregon.com
Families separated by Trump's 'zero-tolerance' policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Hundreds of parents and children separated under the “zero-tolerance” border policy during President Donald Trump’s first term — who were later reunited and protected by a 2023 settlement — are at risk of being separated again due to a lapse in legal services, lawyers argue. Under the 2023 court-approved settlement agreement, reached as a result of a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018, the federal governmen…
San Diego Union Tribune
Attorneys for previously separated families argue Trump administration breaching San Diego settlement
Civil rights attorneys argued Friday in San Diego federal court that the Trump administration is violating a legal settlement that in part requires the federal government to provide immigration legal services to thousands of parents and children who were systematically separated at the border through the “zero tolerance” policy of President Donald Trump’s first term. San Diego-area U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, who has overseen the class-acti…
Families separated by Trumps zero-tolerance policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues
(WASHINGTON) – Hundreds of parents and children separated under the “zero-tolerance” border policy during President Donald Trump’s first term — who were later reunited and protected by a 2023 settlement — are at risk of being separated again due to a lapse in legal services, lawyers argue. Under the 2023 court-approved settlement agreement, reached as a result of a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018, the federal government agreed to provide cert…
Families separated by Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues
Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) - Hundreds of parents and children separated under the "zero-tolerance" border policy during President Donald Trump's first term -- who were later reunited and protected by a 2023 settlement -- are at risk of being separated again due to a lapse in legal services, lawyers argue.Under the 2023 court-approved settlement agreement, reached as a result of a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018, the federal governmen…
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