Jaimie Ding, Associated Press, June 28, 2024
“A federal decide on Friday permitted the Biden administration’s request to partially finish a virtually three-decade-old settlement to supply court docket oversight of how the federal government cares for migrant youngsters in its custody.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that particular court docket supervision might finish on the U.S. Well being and Human Companies Division, which takes custody of migrant youngsters after they’ve been in Border Patrol custody for as much as 72 hours. They’re positioned in an enormous community of holding services and usually launched to shut kin.
The Justice Division argued that new safeguards, that are set to take impact Monday, meet and in some methods exceed requirements set forth within the so-called Flores settlement settlement, which first established court docket supervision over custody services in 1997. The decide for probably the most half agreed, carving out exceptions for sure kinds of services for kids with extra acute wants.
Attorneys for youngster migrants strenuously opposed the administration’s request, arguing that the federal authorities has did not develop a regulatory framework in states, similar to Texas and Florida, that revoked licenses of services caring for youngster migrants or might achieve this sooner or later. The decide rejected these considerations, saying the brand new rules are ample to switch court docket supervision at these unlicensed services.”
