Jenny L Flores v. Edwin Meese

  1. July 18, 2023

    8-Year-Old's Death In Custody Was 'Preventable,' Report Finds

    The death of an 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody was "clearly preventable" and the result of a "series of failures" in the CBP medical and custodial systems for kids, a court-appointed monitor found in a report issued Tuesday.

  2. April 14, 2023

    Judge Says $577K Fee Award Deserved In Child Detention Suit

    A California federal judge on Friday signed off on an agreement for the federal government to pay $577,000 in attorney fees to advocates to resolve their claims that the Biden administration was holding migrant minors at the southern border in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.

  3. December 22, 2022

    Migrant Kids' Attys Settle For $577K Fee In Shelter Suit

    Advocates for migrant children housed in emergency intake shelters told a California federal judge Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to pay $577,000 in attorney fees incurred in enforcing a decades-old settlement that set out standards for detaining children in the facilities.

  4. August 30, 2022

    Migrant Kids' Attys Seek $694K Fee In Emergency Shelter Suit

    Advocates for migrant children housed in emergency intake shelters on Monday asked a California federal judge for roughly $694,000 in attorney fees incurred in enforcing a decades-old settlement that set out standards for detaining children in the facilities.

  5. June 23, 2022

    Feds Agree To Improve Emergency Shelters For Migrant Kids

    The Biden administration has agreed to impose new living and sanitary standards on temporary emergency facilities housing hundreds of migrant children to resolve advocates' claims that it was holding minors in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.

  6. May 23, 2022

    CBP Inks New Deal On Conditions For Detained Kids

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to a new set of guidelines defining what constitutes a "safe and sanitary" environment for children held in its custody, according to a court filing made over the weekend.

  7. October 01, 2021

    Feds To Pay $1.2M Atty Fees After Migrant Kids Release Order

    The Biden administration agreed to pay $1.15 million to attorneys who successfully advocated for the safe custody of migrant children held in border detention facilities, while the attorneys continued to push for additional fees for an appeal the administration abandoned.

  8. August 10, 2021

    Attys Want Migrant Kids Out Of 'Unacceptable' Texas Sites

    Advocates have called on a California federal judge to release migrant children from two temporary shelters in Texas after whistleblowers complained that the youngsters were subject to abusive and inhumane conditions.

  9. June 22, 2021

    Detained Migrant Children Report Spoiled Food, Depression

    Migrant children being held in federal detention centers report poor conditions including spoiled food, little to no privacy in crowded tents, a lack of clean clothes and serious mental health problems, according to several testimonials filed in California federal court on Monday.

  10. April 06, 2021

    'Profound Overcrowding' Reported In Child Detention Centers

    A court-appointed monitor warned that the growing number of unaccompanied children arriving at the border has led to "profound overcrowding" in U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities, making it virtually impossible for children to socially distance in them.