Jenny L Flores v. Edwin Meese

  1. August 27, 2018

    Advocates Oppose Gov't Monitor Picks In Immigrant Kids Suit

    A class of immigrant minors on Friday urged a California federal judge to oppose potential independent monitors nominated by the Trump administration to oversee compliance with the so-called Flores Settlement Agreement, saying that they do not have adequate experience working with children.

  2. July 31, 2018

    Feds Can't Medicate Immigrant Kids Without Consent

    A California federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to transfer all but the most unstable foreign-born minors out of a Texas residential treatment center, adding that the federal government may not medicate the children with psychotropic drugs without getting consent first.

  3. July 20, 2018

    Advocates Want Monitor For Immigrant Family Reunifications

    Immigrant advocates have asked a California federal judge to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the Trump administration's compliance with the so-called Flores Settlement Agreement, arguing that the government had not provided a written plan to quickly reunify immigrant children with their families.

  4. July 10, 2018

    Judge Gee Slams Gov't Bid For Immigrant Kid Detentions

    The federal government got a scolding Monday from U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee as she refused to modify the so-called Flores agreement's protections for immigrant children in an order that called the bid a "cynical attempt to shift responsibility" for immigration law from Congress to courts.

  5. July 03, 2018

    ACLU Fights To Uphold Flores Protections For Immigrant Kids

    The American Civil Liberties Union urged a California federal court Monday to uphold protections for immigrant children who are detained at the border, arguing the government cannot detain children with their parents for extended periods in order to deter other families from crossing the border illegally.

  6. July 02, 2018

    Feds Say Families Can Be Detained Together Under Flores

    The Trump administration said Friday it would comply with a California federal judge's order to stop separating immigrant families caught crossing the border without authorization by detaining parents and children together throughout immigration proceedings, arguing that the so-called Flores agreement mandating the release of children allowed for it.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.