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  1. November 06, 2024

    Families Separated Under Trump Get $6.4M For Fees, Costs

    A California federal judge has signed off on $6.4 million in attorney fees and costs, most going to American Civil Liberties Union counsel representing thousands of immigrant families that were separated under a Trump-era "zero-tolerance" policy.

  2. October 25, 2023

    Feds Get OK On Deal With Families Separated Under Trump

    A California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a nonmonetary settlement between roughly 5,000 migrant families separated under a Trump-era "zero-tolerance" policy and the Biden administration, which agreed to continue to pursue reunification and provide relief such as housing and work authorization.

  3. October 16, 2023

    Feds Agree To Aid Separated Families With Housing And Work

    The Biden administration agreed to give migrant families separated under the Trump administration relief beyond reunification, including housing, medical assistance and work authorization, according to an agreement the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

  4. May 19, 2023

    Feds Offer 1 More Year Of Therapy To Separated Families

    The Biden administration will provide an additional year of therapy to migrant families separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy as it continues to negotiate a global settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a Friday court order.

  5. April 20, 2023

    Calif. Judge Adds US Citizen Kids To Family Separation Case

    A California federal judge added U.S. citizen children separated from their noncitizen parents to the class of migrant families that the White House is under court order to reunite, after immigration attorneys reported that the Trump administration split up dozens of mixed-status families.

  6. November 04, 2021

    House GOP Floats Ban On Settlement For Separated Migrants

    Republican members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that aims to bar the U.S. Department of Justice from making settlement payments to immigrants who entered the country without authorization, a day after President Joe Biden denied his administration is planning such an action.

  7. May 03, 2021

    Biden Admin. Touts Reunification Of 4 Migrant Families

    Four migrant families split up at the border by the Trump administration's family separation policy will be allowed to reunite in the U.S. this week, according to a Monday announcement from the Biden administration offering them "long-term legal stability."

  8. February 25, 2021

    US Reunites More Migrant Families Separated At Border

    Another 105 migrant children have been reunited with their parents after being separated from them at the U.S. border, but the American Civil Liberties Union is still tracking down the parents of 506 children, the organization told a California federal court Wednesday.

  9. October 20, 2020

    ACLU Can't Reach Separated Parents Of 545 Migrant Kids

    The American Civil Liberties Union lawyers tasked with finding migrant families separated by the Trump administration at the U.S. border said Tuesday that they haven't been able to reach the parents of 545 children in custody.

  10. January 13, 2020

    Ruling Lets Feds Separate Families At Border For Any Crime

    The Trump administration has the authority to separate families at the Mexican border based on any criminal history in the parent's background even if it is minor, a California federal judge ruled Monday while finding the government has been using proper overall discretion since the "zero tolerance" border policy ended.

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