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  1. June 26, 2018

    Mothers Want Calif. Court To Bar Border Separations

    Three asylum seekers separated from their children in the wake of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance policy" toward those suspected of crossing the border without authorization sought to intervene Monday in a long-standing California federal court class action that restricts the ability of the federal government to detain foreign-born minors.

  2. June 21, 2018

    Trump Asks Calif. Court To Extend Immigrant Kid Detentions

    The Trump administration on Thursday asked a California federal court to carve out an exception to an order in a long-standing class action known as Flores that restricts the ability of the federal government to detain foreign-born minors so that children and their parents may be detained together for a longer period.

  3. June 21, 2018

    Immigrant Kids Are Forcibly Medicated At Shelters, Suit Says

    Migrant children detained in a Texas youth facility are regularly placed on psychotropic medications without their parents' consent and are forcibly sedated and physically abused by staff, according to affidavits filed as part of a class action alleging the government violated a 1997 settlement that set standards of care for detained immigrant children.

  4. June 28, 2017

    CBP Mistreating Detained Kids, Flouting Pact, Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Tuesday said U.S. Customs and Border Protection is again violating a 20-year-old settlement agreement dictating the treatment of immigrant minors, granting a motion to enforce the agreement and ordering the appointment of a juvenile coordinator.

  5. January 23, 2017

    Detained Immigrant Kids Must Get Bond Hearings, Judge Says

    A California federal judge has found the federal government has been wrongly denying immigrant children their right to bond hearings by interpreting a 1997 settlement as being superseded by newer regulations.

  6. September 27, 2016

    Gov't Fights Monitor Request In Immigrant Minor Case

    The U.S. government urged a California federal court Monday not to impose the "severe sanction" of a special monitor in a case brought by attorneys representing immigrant children at detention facilities who have argued for the enforcement of a 1997 settlement that set standards of care.

  7. August 15, 2016

    Solo Immigrant Minors Entitled To Bond Hearings, Attys Say

    Attorneys representing immigrant children being held at detention facilities on Friday urged a California federal court to enforce a 1997 settlement to ensure that unaccompanied minors retain their rights to bond hearings.

  8. June 07, 2016

    Feds Deny Immigrant Children Held In 'Deplorable' Conditions

    The Obama administration has denied claims there are "deplorable" conditions at detention facilities where immigrant children are being held, telling a California federal judge there is no need to appoint a special monitor to oversee operations there.

  9. October 23, 2015

    Gov't Accused Of Not Heeding Immigrant Detention Ruling

    Several immigration groups on Friday accused the government of dragging its feet on complying with a court order that requires immigrant children and their parents to be released from detention centers, saying roughly 200 families have been held longer than it should take to conduct initial asylum screenings.

  10. September 18, 2015

    DHS Says It Will Appeal Order To Release Immigrant Kids

    The government might appeal a California federal judge's order that it release immigrant children and their parents from detention centers by next month, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Friday.

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