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Jenny L Flores v. Edwin Meese

  1. August 18, 2025

    DOJ Loses Bid To End Custody Protections For Migrant Kids

    A California federal judge denied the Trump administration's push to end a decades-old settlement governing the custody of detained immigrant children, urging the government to fulfill its promises if it wants to see the agreement ended.

  2. August 08, 2025

    Longer Child Detentions At Border Is 'Disturbing,' Judge Says

    A California federal judge overseeing enforcement of a decades-old settlement agreement governing the custody of immigrant children indicated Friday she will reject the government's effort to end the consent decree, and also finds recent reports of children being held for long periods at border stations "disturbing."

  3. June 18, 2025

    Groups Say Feds Violate Flores With Lengthy Child Detention

    Children's and legal rights groups on Tuesday evening urged a California federal judge to enforce a decadesold settlement agreement governing the custody of immigrant children, saying migrant children today are being held for prolonged periods in unsafe and unsanitary "prison-like" conditions.

  4. May 22, 2025

    Feds Push To Nix Landmark Migrant Kids Detention Settlement

    The Trump administration is urging a California federal judge to end a landmark settlement agreement governing the custody of detained immigrant children — a move advocacy groups that have long fought for it quickly vowed to fight.

  5. January 31, 2025

    Judge Extends Migrant Kids Detention Settlement

    A California federal judge agreed to extend for 18 months a settlement governing the federal government's custody of detained immigrant children, saying there is evidence that Customs and Border Protection has been violating the agreement.

  6. January 08, 2025

    Feds Fight Bid To Extend Detention Conditions Settlement

    The U.S. government urged a California federal judge to let a settlement governing its custody of detained immigrant children to expire at the end of January and reject human rights groups' bid to extend it.

  7. December 16, 2024

    Report Finds CBP Still Separating Some Children In Detention

    A court-appointed juvenile care monitor told a California federal judge the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol was continuing to routinely hold children separately from parents or trusted adults at a Donna, Texas, facility this September, in what could be the monitor's final report.

  8. November 26, 2024

    Calif. Judge Says Flores Reporting Requirements Still In Effect

    A California federal judge said the government must resume reporting data on migrant children being held in heightened supervision facilities to human rights groups under the 1997 Flores settlement, saying the Office of Refugee Resettlement should not have ceased doing so.

  9. November 15, 2024

    HHS Likely To Limit Migrant Data After Flores Deal Ends

    A California federal judge indicated Friday that she can't force the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide human rights groups with regular data about children in low-security detention facilities now that the long-running Flores settlement has been replaced with a government regulation.

  10. July 01, 2024

    Judge Partially Ends Flores Deal For Detained Migrant Kids

    A California federal judge has partially terminated the long-running Flores settlement governing detention conditions for immigrant children, giving the federal government the green light to partly replace the settlement with an April regulation.