US EditionJudge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody
The Flores Settlement limits child detention to 72 hours and enforces care standards, but data shows hundreds of children held longer, challenging the Trump administration's bid to end it.
- District Judge Dolly Gee denied the Trump administration's request to end the Flores Settlement Agreement, which sets standards for the treatment of immigrant children in custody.
- The agreement requires licensed shelters to provide food, water, adult supervision, medical services, and proper facilities for children with acute needs.
- The federal government argued for holding families in detention indefinitely, but advocates said children were being held beyond time limits, including toddlers held for over 20 days.
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Judge rejects Trump’s attempt to end standards of care for detained migrant children - West Hawaii Today
A federal judge rejected on Friday the Trump administration’s second attempt to end a decades-old legal agreement that mandates basic standards of care and oversight for children in U.S. immigration custody.
The Times of Northwest Indiana
News & RecordRuling upholds policy for migrant children
McALLEN, Texas — A federal judge denied the Trump administration's request Friday to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal custody.
A federal judge on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s second attempt to end a decades-old legal settlement that requires basic standards of care and supervision for children in U.S. immigration custody. U.S. District Court Justice Dolly M. Gee for the California Central District ruled that the Flores Conciliation Agreement, in force since 1997, must remain in place. Court-appointed monitors and lawyers will continue to have access to mig…
Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid to End Child Detention Policy Seen as Fueling Illegal Immigration
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to end a decades-old settlement that sets standards for the treatment of children in immigration custody, rebuffing the government’s arguments that the agreement obstructs its crackdown on illegal immigration. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California said in an Aug. 15 order that the administration had not shown grounds to terminate the Flores Settlement Ag…
LA Federal Judge Denies Trump Bid to Alter Immigrant Children Protections
A federal judge in downtown Los Angeles has rejected the Trump administration’s move to terminate a 28-year-old edict governing how immigrant children are detained in federal custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee issued her ruling Friday, finding that “defendants fail to identify any new facts or law that warrant the termination of the Flores Settlement Agreement at this time.” The so-called “Flores agreement” — overseen by Gee in the U.S. Dist…
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