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Flores Agreement

8/22/2019

Advocates Say Trump’s Flores Rule Change is ‘a Call for the Mass Internment of Children’

Guest Writer

The Trump administration is expected to formally release new regulations Friday that would remove time limits on how long the federal government can detain migrant children. The new rules would end the 1997 Flores agreement which prevents the government from keeping detained minors in immigration custody for more than 20 days, whether they’re with their families or traveling alone.

8/7/2017

Federal Policy May Strip Legal Protection from Kids Crossing Border Alone

Victoria Rocha

A new policy from the federal agency that detains unaccompanied, undocumented children has sparked questions about their ability to obtain fair legal representation.  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on July 5 that unaccompanied minors may not be held in immigration detention without a bond hearing, but the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is now grappling with how to represent these juveniles in court.

A youth in juvenile detention

7/13/2017

California Lawyer Refuses to Allow Trump Immigration Policies to Keep Youth ‘Locked in Cages’

Victoria Rocha

In 2014, Holly Cooper received a phone call from an unnamed source warning her about the conditions of the Yolo County Juvenile Detention Center. The Sacramento-area facility was originally built to house youth convicted of crimes, but was now also receiving federal dollars to serve as an Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) shelter for undocumented, unaccompanied minors.

6/30/2017

Federal Court Judge Calls on Trump Administration to Improve ‘Deplorable’ Conditions for Children Detained at the Border

Victoria Rocha

On Tuesday, a United States District Court judge ruled that facility conditions and procedures in place at family detention centers at the border violate a 20-year-old court settlement that guarantees the rights of immigrant children.

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