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  1. April 04, 2024

    Calif. Judge Says Outdoor Detention Unsafe For Migrant Kids

    A California federal judge ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to move immigrant children from several open-air detention sites in San Diego, finding the government in violation of a 1997 settlement mandating safety standards for minors in immigration detention.

  2. March 18, 2024

    Feds Say CBP Isn't Responsible For Kids At Outdoor Border Sites

    The Biden administration says a California federal court can't hear claims that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is violating a 1997 settlement mandating safety standards for minors in immigration detention, saying children staying in alleged open-air detention sites aren't in CBP's custody.

  3. February 29, 2024

    Attys Seek To Get Migrant Kids Out Of 'Unsafe' Open-Air Sites

    A group of human rights organizations urged a California federal court on Thursday to compel the Biden administration to move migrant children out of open-air detention sites along the border, saying the children have been forced to shelter in "extraordinarily unsafe and unsanitary" conditions including portable toilets, dumpsters and trash-filled filled tarps to escape the elements.

  4. November 14, 2023

    CBP Still Separating Detained Families, Report Says

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection is still working on fulfilling a settlement outlining standards of care for detained children, a court-appointed monitor has reported, faulting the agency for separating some migrant families as it addresses increasing border migration.

  5. September 25, 2023

    Biden Admin Says It's Not Separating Families Like Trump Did

    The Biden administration has responded to concerns about family units that have been split up in migrant holding facilities in the Rio Grande Valley, saying the separations differed from those that occurred during the Trump presidency, as they were only temporary measures taken to alleviate overcrowding and keep children safe.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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