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There are rules protecting children in immigration detention. Trump’s tax law seeks to override them.

UNITED STATES, JUL 17 – The $170 billion bill funds 116,000 new detention beds and extends detention for migrant families, challenging decades-old legal protections for children, advocates say.

Summary by The 19th
President Donald Trump’s so-called “one, big beautiful” tax and spending bill allocates $170 billion to fulfill the administration’s long list of immigration priorities, including hiring for law enforcement agents, border security personnel and immigration court judges. Also tucked into the massive, nearly 1,000-page legislation are provisions that pave the way for migrant children to face longer periods in detention with fewer legal protections…

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The 19th broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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