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Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al
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3:18-cv-00428
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Class Action
08:1158 Immigration & Nationality Act, Section 208 (Asylum)
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Firms
- Cooley LLP
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Haeggquist & Eck
- Hecker Fink
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- WilmerHale
Government Agencies
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May 01, 2025
DOJ To Take Over Legal Services For Separated Families
The Executive Office for Immigration Review told a California federal judge it plans to take over the direct administration of legal access services for thousands of immigrant families that were separated under the first Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy.
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April 24, 2025
ACLU Urges Court To Enforce Family Separation Settlement
The American Civil Liberties Union has called on a California federal judge to enforce provisions of a 2023 settlement requiring the government to provide legal services to thousands of immigrant families that were separated under the first Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy.
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November 06, 2024
Families Separated Under Trump Get $6.4M For Fees, Costs
A California federal judge has signed off on $6.4 million in attorney fees and costs, most going to American Civil Liberties Union counsel representing thousands of immigrant families that were separated under a Trump-era "zero-tolerance" policy.
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October 25, 2023
Feds Get OK On Deal With Families Separated Under Trump
A California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a nonmonetary settlement between roughly 5,000 migrant families separated under a Trump-era "zero-tolerance" policy and the Biden administration, which agreed to continue to pursue reunification and provide relief such as housing and work authorization.
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October 16, 2023
Feds Agree To Aid Separated Families With Housing And Work
The Biden administration agreed to give migrant families separated under the Trump administration relief beyond reunification, including housing, medical assistance and work authorization, according to an agreement the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.
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May 19, 2023
Feds Offer 1 More Year Of Therapy To Separated Families
The Biden administration will provide an additional year of therapy to migrant families separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy as it continues to negotiate a global settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a Friday court order.
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April 20, 2023
Calif. Judge Adds US Citizen Kids To Family Separation Case
A California federal judge added U.S. citizen children separated from their noncitizen parents to the class of migrant families that the White House is under court order to reunite, after immigration attorneys reported that the Trump administration split up dozens of mixed-status families.
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November 04, 2021
House GOP Floats Ban On Settlement For Separated Migrants
Republican members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that aims to bar the U.S. Department of Justice from making settlement payments to immigrants who entered the country without authorization, a day after President Joe Biden denied his administration is planning such an action.
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May 03, 2021
Biden Admin. Touts Reunification Of 4 Migrant Families
Four migrant families split up at the border by the Trump administration's family separation policy will be allowed to reunite in the U.S. this week, according to a Monday announcement from the Biden administration offering them "long-term legal stability."
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February 25, 2021
US Reunites More Migrant Families Separated At Border
Another 105 migrant children have been reunited with their parents after being separated from them at the U.S. border, but the American Civil Liberties Union is still tracking down the parents of 506 children, the organization told a California federal court Wednesday.