July 21, 2020
Nonprofit lawyers are accusing the lead attorney in the long-running class action over detained migrant children of supporting a "coercive family separation process," revealing a division within the immigration bar on how to advocate for detained families during the pandemic.
July 16, 2020
A California federal judge on Thursday extended the deadline for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to comply with an order to release migrant children who have been in government custody for more than 20 days.
June 26, 2020
A California federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday to release migrant children who have been detained longer than 20 days by July 17, following claims from advocates that the government is holding the children unnecessarily.
April 06, 2020
The federal government urged a California federal judge not to order the release of unaccompanied migrant children from custody and ICE family detention centers, arguing that the government is abiding by release terms outlined in a 1997 settlement and the deal shouldn't be reinterpreted because of the pandemic.
March 31, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 180,000 people in the U.S., federal judges have fielded requests from individuals in immigration detention centers, which feature close quarters and allegedly shoddy medical services, to be temporarily released from custody.
March 27, 2020
A California federal judge ordered the U.S. government Saturday to show it is releasing detained migrant children without delays to protect them from COVID-19, but stopped short of granting an emergency order requiring releases within seven days of detention.
March 26, 2020
Attorneys in a long-running class action sought an emergency order Thursday to quickly release migrant children in government custody who crossed the border alone to protect them from COVID-19, a move that came on the same day it was announced three detained children were diagnosed with the virus.
November 15, 2019
The Trump administration has told a California federal judge that it plans to appeal her order blocking regulations that would do away with time limits on detaining immigrant minors.
September 27, 2019
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee on Friday blocked Trump administration regulations that would do away with time limits on detaining immigrant minors after blasting a government attorney for trying to defend them.
September 03, 2019
Attorneys for a class of detained immigrant children told a California federal court that the Trump administration violated a 20-year-old settlement by issuing a new regulation that allows families to be detained together while their immigration court proceedings continue.