Jenny L Flores v. Edwin Meese

  1. 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has been wrongly denying immigrant children their right to bond hearings by interpreting a 1997 settlement as being superseded by newer regulations.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. August 26, 2015

    Atty Who Violated Gag Order Ducks Contempt Finding

    An immigration attorney who acknowledged violating a court order by leaking to the press details of ongoing negotiations in a class action over the detention of children was ordered on Monday to perform 75 hours of community service and to complete two legal ethics courses.

  8. August 24, 2015

    Judge Orders Kids, Parents Released From Family Detention

    A California federal judge has ordered the government to release immigrant children and parents being held in detention by late October, rejecting a reconsideration bid from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a fiercely worded order that accused the government of possible "fear-mongering."

  9. August 14, 2015

    Plaintiffs Slam DHS Bid To Keep Detaining Families

    Plaintiffs suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over its revived family detention policy on Thursday slammed the government's response to its claims that the family detention policy has changed, and that mass release of women and children isn't required in roughly three months.

  10. August 07, 2015

    Judge Urged To Rethink Immigrant Family Detention Release

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California federal judge Thursday to reconsider her ruling that immigrant children and their parents be released from detention, claiming it has made significant changes to the way family facilities operate.