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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. June 13, 2024

    Ending Flores Settlement Won't Endanger Children, Feds Say

    The Biden administration said a recent regulation it contends warrants winding down the 27-year-old Flores settlement governing health and safety standards for minors in immigration detention can address concerns that human rights organizations raised about the continued use of unlicensed facilities.

  5. June 03, 2024

    Attys Raise Safety Concerns In Feds' Bid To End Flores Deal

    Attorneys for human rights organizations in the long-running Flores litigation are opposing the Biden administration's bid to partially terminate an agreement in the case mandating safety standards for minors in immigration detention, saying it could weaken existing protections.

  6. May 20, 2024

    Immigrant Groups Claim CBP's Open-Air Sites Violate Order

    Immigrant advocacy groups told a California federal judge Friday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is continuing to hold immigrant children and their parents at open-air detention sites overnight along the U.S.-Mexico border, despite the court's April ruling that the outdoor sites are unsafe and unhygienic.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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