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Requirement for Immigration Sponsors Keeps Children Detained for Weeks or Months, NYCLU Class Action Claims

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Requirement for Immigration Sponsors Keeps Children Detained for Weeks or Months, NYCLU Class Action Claims

Jason Grant, New York Law Journal (November 7, 2018)

The New York Civil Liberties Union claims that a Trump administration policy on fingerprint-based background checks for immigrant household members has led to the highest level in history of migrant children being locked up in government custody.

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Lawyers File Motion To Stop Trump’s Attack On Immigrant Children

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Lawyers File Motion To Stop Trump’s Attack On Immigrant Children

Angelina Chapin, Huffington Post (November 5, 2018)

On Friday, lawyers filed a motion to stop the government from implementing regulations that they say would endanger immigrant children. But the Trump administration could still enact the new rules as early as Wednesday, which lawyers claim would violate a decades-old agreement known as the Flores Settlement that protects children’s rights.

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Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Motion to Dismiss Claims by Immigrant Children

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Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Motion to Dismiss Claims by Immigrant Children

Graham Kates, CBS News (November 2, 2018)

A federal judge has denied a U.S. government motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of immigrant children by attorneys who say the kids have unconstitutionally been denied the ability to challenge their detention or obtain counsel.

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