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  1. August 26, 2015

    Atty Who Violated Gag Order Ducks Contempt Finding

    An immigration attorney who acknowledged violating a court order by leaking to the press details of ongoing negotiations in a class action over the detention of children was ordered on Monday to perform 75 hours of community service and to complete two legal ethics courses.

  2. August 24, 2015

    Judge Orders Kids, Parents Released From Family Detention

    A California federal judge has ordered the government to release immigrant children and parents being held in detention by late October, rejecting a reconsideration bid from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a fiercely worded order that accused the government of possible "fear-mongering."

  3. August 14, 2015

    Plaintiffs Slam DHS Bid To Keep Detaining Families

    Plaintiffs suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over its revived family detention policy on Thursday slammed the government's response to its claims that the family detention policy has changed, and that mass release of women and children isn't required in roughly three months.

  4. August 07, 2015

    Judge Urged To Rethink Immigrant Family Detention Release

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California federal judge Thursday to reconsider her ruling that immigrant children and their parents be released from detention, claiming it has made significant changes to the way family facilities operate.

  5. August 07, 2015

    Atty Cops To Violating Gag Order, Asks Judge For Leniency

    An immigration attorney acknowledged Wednesday that he violated a court order by leaking to the press details of ongoing negotiations in a class action over the detention of children, but asked a federal judge not to find him in contempt or to refer the matter to the New York State Bar.

  6. July 31, 2015

    Family Detention Order Could Impact Enforcement, DOJ Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California judge Thursday to give it four more days to respond to her ruling against family detention, saying the court's recommendation that families be released from detention in 90 days could impact the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's ability to enforce immigration laws.

  7. July 27, 2015

    Judge Issues Scathing Ruling Against Family Detention

    The Obama administration's detention of immigrant families violates a major settlement reached nearly two decades ago, a California federal judge ruled Friday, setting the stage for the release of mothers and children being held in Texas and Pennsylvania.

  8. July 20, 2015

    Talks Fail On Treatment Of Detained Immigrant Children

    Plaintiffs seeking to enforce a 1997 class action settlement that set national standards for the treatment of children detained by immigration authorities have failed to reach a deal with the federal government, according to documents filed in California federal court Friday.

  9. June 30, 2015

    Atty Facing Contempt After Alleged Detention Deal Leak

    A California federal judge threatened a New York immigration attorney with contempt of court on Monday in a class action over the detention of children, after he allegedly leaked a draft of a settlement proposal to the press.

  10. March 16, 2015

    Gov't Defends Bid To Update Child-Detainee Immigration Deal

    The federal government defended its bid to modify a 1997 class action settlement that set national standards for the treatment of children detained by immigration authorities, telling a California federal court Friday that the agreement has become unworkable in light of subsequent changes to the immigration landscape.

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