19 States And D.C. Sue Administration To Stop Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Children
5 years, 6 months ago

19 States And D.C. Sue Administration To Stop Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Children

NPR  

19 States And D.C. Sue Administration To Stop Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Children Enlarge this image toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Rich Pedroncelli/AP Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its plan to pull out of a decades-old court settlement that governs the care of migrant children in federal detention. Sponsor Message "This new Trump rule callously puts at risk the safety and well-being of children," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. We're taking the Trump Administration to court to protect children from the irreparable harm caused by unlawful and unnecessary detention." "With this rule, the Trump Administration is paving the way for to imprison innocent children for indefinite periods of time and is attempting to take away the ability of states to stop them," said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

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Trump administration ends funding for legal representation of 26,000 migrant children
4 days, 5 hours ago

Trump administration ends funding for legal representation of 26,000 migrant children

LA Times  

Children and adults wait in lines for donated food at a makeshift camp for migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border on May 14, 2021, in Reynosa, Mexico. The Trump administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children who entered the United States without a parent or guardian, a move immigration attorneys say will …

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. This time, immigration officials are threatening to prioritize unaccompanied immigrant children for deportation, while at the same time working to deprive them of access to legal services and representation. Courts have interpreted the mandate that the government provide these …

Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning to a strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during his first term. In a statement to The Associated Press, the prison agency said it is assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “by …

Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown

LA Times  

U.S. government jails in Los Angeles and Miami and a federal prison in Atlanta, above, are being used to detain some of the thousands of migrants arrested by ICE in recent weeks, according to multiple sources. The Trump administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday — …

Legal aid groups for immigrants can resume work in detention centers after DOJ backs down
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Legal aid groups for immigrants can resume work in detention centers after DOJ backs down

LA Times  

A guard sits in the segregation block at the Adelanto Detention Facility in Adelanto, Calif., in 2013. Legal aid groups say the Trump administration will allow them back in immigration courts and detention centers, for now. The move came two days after nine nonprofits that provide legal aid for detainees and about 200 children in deportation proceedings filed a lawsuit …

Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants

LA Times  

Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in Dilley, Texas. Several nonprofits providing basic legal information to detained immigrants sued the Trump administration on Friday for halting their programs and locking them out of detention facilities. This week, Trump, who has made “mass deportation” a …

22 states challenge Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship
2 months ago

22 states challenge Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship

Firstpost  

In one of his first executive orders of second term, US President Donald Trump ended US citizenship for children born in the United States to mothers who are in the country illegally or are staying temporarily, such as on work visa, and whose fathers are not citizens or legal permanent residents Will Scharf assists as President Donald Trump signs an …

US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says
3 months, 1 week ago

US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. still separates some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas, according to a court-ordered monitor’s final report. The report noted improvements to hygiene, food and medical care but found that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents routinely separated children from adult relatives …

Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration will seek to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants traveling alone, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment, an attorney involved in the case says. The Justice Department has told opposing attorneys it will ask a federal judge on Friday to terminate …

California settlement limits ICE from re-detaining immigrants freed because of COVID
3 years, 1 month ago

California settlement limits ICE from re-detaining immigrants freed because of COVID

LA Times  

Immigration authorities must preserve coronavirus safety measures that allow for social distancing and vaccination mandates for staff and detainees at two California detention facilities, according to a class-action lawsuit settlement reached Thursday. “When we filed this lawsuit, ICE had put our clients and communities at risk by detaining as many people as possible in filthy, crowded dorms and cells, creating …

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. for children instead of using that money to find ways to more quickly reunite children with their sponsors.” A U.S. …

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. “The Biden administration is feverishly putting up these pop-up detention facilities, many of which have no experience working with children.” …

Migrant children in US living in mass shelters, little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children in US living in mass shelters, little oversight

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of children are living in some 200 facilities, including five sites holding over 1,000 migrant youth. The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside, according to the Associated Press news …

Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over deportation pause
4 years, 2 months ago

Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over deportation pause

CNN  

CNN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday sued the Biden administration over its 100-day deportation pause, citing an 11th-hour agreement between Texas and the Trump administration that required the Department of Homeland Security to consult with the state before making changes. It’s the first lawsuit challenging one of the Biden administration’s immigration actions, coming roughly 50 hours after …

Texas files lawsuit to block Biden’s 100-day deportation freeze
4 years, 2 months ago

Texas files lawsuit to block Biden’s 100-day deportation freeze

Al Jazeera  

Texas, which shares a long border with Mexico, claims freeze will cause ‘irreparable harm’ to the state. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit that seeks to block US President Joe Biden’s move to pause certain deportations for 100 days, a move by the Democratic president that has provoked blowback from some Republicans. Here’s our lawsuit: https://t.co/oR2cfG85Bz — …

The Trump administration is openly defying a court order to stop deporting migrant children
4 years, 3 months ago

The Trump administration is openly defying a court order to stop deporting migrant children

Salon  

Justice Department lawyers admitted on Saturday that the Trump administration is openly defying a court order issued by a federal judge who has frequently tangled with the DOJ since President Donald Trump took office. Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered border officials last month to stop deporting unaccompanied migrant children without a court hearing or a chance to seek asylum in the …

Judge orders US to stop expelling children who cross border
4 years, 4 months ago

Judge orders US to stop expelling children who cross border

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued a preliminary injunction sought by legal groups suing on behalf of children whom the government …

Judge orders US to stop detaining migrant children in hotels
4 years, 6 months ago

Judge orders US to stop detaining migrant children in hotels

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to stop detaining immigrant children in hotels before expelling them from the United States, saying the much-criticized practice skirted “fundamental humanitarian protections.” U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that the use of hotels as long-term detention spaces violates a two-decade-old settlement governing the treatment of immigrant children in custody. …

Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention
4 years, 8 months ago

Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention

India Today  

A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in US immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration's prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. US District Judge Dolly Gee's order applies to children held for more than 20 days at three family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania operated by US Immigration and …

Citing coronavirus, Trump officials refuse to release migrant kids to sponsors — and deport them instead
4 years, 10 months ago

Citing coronavirus, Trump officials refuse to release migrant kids to sponsors — and deport them instead

LA Times  

Hundreds of migrants seeking asylum are held in a temporary transition area in El Paso in 2019. “We don’t get notice from the government when families get dragged from their rooms in the middle of the night,” said Shay Fluharty, director of the Dilley Pro Bono Project, a legal clinic at an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, that holds …

Trump administration detains nearly 70,000 migrant children in record high
5 years, 4 months ago

Trump administration detains nearly 70,000 migrant children in record high

The Independent  

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Child migrant detention centre in Florida closed after becoming flashpoint in US immigration debate
5 years, 4 months ago

Child migrant detention centre in Florida closed after becoming flashpoint in US immigration debate

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A controversial migrant detention centre which had been accused of …

Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids
5 years, 5 months ago

Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement that requires the government to release immigrant children caught on the border as …

US judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant children
5 years, 5 months ago

US judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant children

Al Jazeera  

Trump administration had unveiled new rules that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely. A United States judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. US District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement …

Government: Let’s end agreement for migrant kid detention
5 years, 6 months ago

Government: Let’s end agreement for migrant kid detention

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The U.S. government on Friday took another major step to end a settlement agreement governing the length of time and conditions in which it can detain immigrant children. But immigrant advocates say the new regulation, which would allow the government to detain families with children for much longer than it’s allowed now, “would eviscerate the settlement’s crucial protections …

Trump Wants To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely. He Can't.
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump Wants To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely. He Can't.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The White House dramatically escalated its campaign to scare Central American families away from crossing the U.S. border on Wednesday, as officials announced plans to cancel the 1997 Flores settlement. If those numbers hold as the Trump administration’s new family detention policy goes into effect, ICE will fill its family detention to capacity in about three days. …

Trump moves to end limits on detention of migrant children
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump moves to end limits on detention of migrant children

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to end an agreement limiting how long migrant children can be kept in detention, the president’s latest effort to curb immigration at the Mexican border. Trump defended it, saying, “I’m the one that kept the families together.” The Mexican government expressed concern over the prospect of prolonged detention of migrant children in the …

Trump Administration Announces Plan To Detain Migrant Children For Longer
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump Administration Announces Plan To Detain Migrant Children For Longer

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new rules that would allow immigration officials to detain migrant children for a longer period of time, ripping up a long-standing set of protections that prevent migrant children from being detained for more than 20 days. McAleenan called the Flores settlement a “key gap in our immigration framework,” arguing that the …

Trump administration 'to announce plan to hold migrant children indefinitely in detention camps'
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump administration 'to announce plan to hold migrant children indefinitely in detention camps'

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Trump administration is reportedly set to announce a rule …

Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention
5 years, 7 months ago

Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention

Al Jazeera  

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled new rules that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States. Administration officials blame the so-called “Flores Settlement Agreement” for a spike in immigration, especially of Central American families, saying it encourages migrants to bring children with them so they can be …

We went to a border detention center for children. What we saw was awful (opinion)
5 years, 9 months ago

We went to a border detention center for children. What we saw was awful (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Clara Long is Senior Researcher in the US Program at Human Rights Watch and Nicole Austin-Hillery is Executive Director of the US program. Courtesy of Human Rights Watch Courtesy of Human Rights Watch She was just one of the children we talked with last week as part of a team of lawyers and doctors monitoring conditions for children …

Opinion: The 'Filthy And Uncomfortable Circumstances' Of Detained Migrant Children
5 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: The 'Filthy And Uncomfortable Circumstances' Of Detained Migrant Children

NPR  

Opinion: The 'Filthy And Uncomfortable Circumstances' Of Detained Migrant Children Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images If you knew of a child who was being forced by a parent or guardian to sleep on a cold concrete floor, in overcrowded surroundings, with screaming lights always on overhead that made it hard to sleep, with limited …

Trump administration sued over shift in asylum policy
6 years, 1 month ago

Trump administration sued over shift in asylum policy

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases wind through immigration courts violates U.S. law by putting the migrants in danger and depriving them of the ability to prepare their cases, a lawsuit filed Thursday by civil liberties groups claims. The effort began at a San Diego crossing with Tijuana, Mexico for …

Record high of 14,000 immigrant children in US custody as potential carers ‘deterred by fears of retribution’
6 years, 4 months ago

Record high of 14,000 immigrant children in US custody as potential carers ‘deterred by fears of retribution’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A record number of children from overseas are in US …

Immigrant Children Are Being Detained For Months. Their Families Decided To Sue.
6 years, 4 months ago

Immigrant Children Are Being Detained For Months. Their Families Decided To Sue.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Tuesday night, lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven immigrant youth and their families who claim the Trump administration is detaining children for an egregious amount of time. They don’t understand why.” Norma Duchitanga’s 17-year-old daughter, another plaintiff in the lawsuit, has been detained at a children’s shelter in Brownsville, Texas, since Oct. 2. We …

US judge Dolly Gee rejects Donald Trump administration's 'cynical' request to allow long-term detention of migrant families
6 years, 8 months ago

US judge Dolly Gee rejects Donald Trump administration's 'cynical' request to allow long-term detention of migrant families

Firstpost  

Judge Dolly Gee rejected similar effort by the Obama administration and ruled that immigrant children generally can’t be held longer than 20 days. Los Angeles: A California federal judge on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to detain immigrant families for long terms, calling it a “cynical attempt” to undo a longstanding court settlement. US District Judge Dolly Gee said …

Judge rejects Trump administration bid to indefinitely detain immigrant children with parents
6 years, 8 months ago

Judge rejects Trump administration bid to indefinitely detain immigrant children with parents

LA Times  

In this June 25 file photo, Diana Jung Kim, right, and Homer Carroll, both from Houston, hug during a protest outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. A federal judge in Los Angeles dealt the Trump administration a significant blow Monday by rejecting its attempt to indefinitely detain immigrant children caught crossing the border illegally with …

Trump administration sued by 17 states to reunite migrant children separated from parents
6 years, 8 months ago

Trump administration sued by 17 states to reunite migrant children separated from parents

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a …

Seventeen US states sue Donald Trump's administration over forced separation of migrant families at US-Mexico border
6 years, 8 months ago

Seventeen US states sue Donald Trump's administration over forced separation of migrant families at US-Mexico border

Firstpost  

An immigrant rights group sued Trump’s administration on behalf of detained asylum-seekers in Washington state who have been separated from their children. Seattle: Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued US president Donald Trump’s administration in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the US-Mexico border. US district judge Dana Sabraw …

17 US states including Washington, New York, California sue Donald Trump government over family separations
6 years, 8 months ago

17 US states including Washington, New York, California sue Donald Trump government over family separations

Firstpost  

Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued US President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been …

Trump's Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts
6 years, 9 months ago

Trump's Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts

NPR  

Trump's Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images The controversy over President Trump's executive order to end the policy of separating migrant families who cross into the U.S. illegally is shifting to the courts. The second issue is that the administration appeared to give itself a loophole to …

DOJ Takes First Steps Toward Indefinite Detention Of Families
6 years, 9 months ago

DOJ Takes First Steps Toward Indefinite Detention Of Families

Huff Post  

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been critical of a court settlement that limits the ability of the government to indefinitely detain immigrant families. “It cannot be done.” In addition to ending limits on the length of time kids can be locked up, the Trump administration is asking the court to make family detention centers exempt from state licensure requirements for …

Governors and attorneys general demand Trump halt border policy causing child separations
6 years, 9 months ago

Governors and attorneys general demand Trump halt border policy causing child separations

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Until this policy of separating children from their families has been rescinded, Maryland will …

Trump Administration And Advocates Clash Over What's Next For Migrant Children
6 years, 9 months ago

Trump Administration And Advocates Clash Over What's Next For Migrant Children

NPR  

Trump Administration And Advocates Clash Over What's Next For Migrant Children Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP There are now more than 10,000 migrant children in U.S. government custody. Those rules are contained in what's known as the Flores settlement, a federal court agreement dating back to 1997, said Leecia Welch, an attorney with the National Center …

ACLU sues Trump administration to stop family separation
7 years ago

ACLU sues Trump administration to stop family separation

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the U.S. government of broadly separating immigrant families seeking asylum. Immigration advocates criticized President Barack Obama’s administration for opening new family detention facilities in Texas and called for parents and children to be released. Michelle Brané, director of the migrant rights and justice program for the Women’s …

Donald Trump ends DACA: California challenges administration over decision to terminate young immigrant programme
7 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump ends DACA: California challenges administration over decision to terminate young immigrant programme

Firstpost  

California sued the Trump administration over its decision to end a programme that gives protection from deportation to young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children or by parents who overstayed visas. Sacramento: California sued the Trump administration over its decision to end a programme that gives protection from deportation to young immigrants brought to the United States …

16 US state attorneys general call Trump's refugee ban "unlawful"
8 years, 1 month ago

16 US state attorneys general call Trump's refugee ban "unlawful"

China Daily  

A man holds a sign during a protest held in response to President Donald Trump's travel ban, in Seattle, Washington, US, January 29, 2017. WASHINGTON - Attorneys general from 15 US states and the District of Columbia Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily barring refugees and seven Muslim-majority countries' citizens from entry into the United States, calling it …

US court orders release of imprisoned migrant children
9 years, 7 months ago

US court orders release of imprisoned migrant children

Al Jazeera  

Federal court ruling in Los Angeles gives President Obama’s administration until October 23 to release the children. A court in the United States has ordered the government to swiftly release immigrant children held at detention centres, affirming a July ruling that said some minors who crossed the border illegally were being detained in violation of a long-standing settlement. The ruling …

Detained immigrant mothers and children trapped in legal limbo
9 years, 7 months ago

Detained immigrant mothers and children trapped in legal limbo

LA Times  

Salvadoran and Guatemalan immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally board a bus after being released from a family detention center in San Antonio. The administration’s latest response came after U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles in late July in effect ordered the release of all children from family detention centers, as well as mothers not deemed flight or …

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