Despite Judge’s Order, Migrant Children Remain Detained Amid COVID Outbreak
Jacob Soboroff, CBS News (July 23, 2020)
Despite the U.S. District Judge, Dolly Gee order to release all children in ICE custody that have surpassed the length of stay outlined in the Flores settlement, 394 parents and children remain in custody. Two legal agencies have petitioned for Trump and ICE to release families together and eliminate the newfound practice of binary choice for families – let children remain in detention and run the risk of catching COVID or separating from their children while parents remain in custody.
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