Posted on 05/22/2025 12:08:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to end an immigration policy cornerstone that since the 1990s has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody, a move that will be challenged by advocates, according to a court filing Thursday.
The protections in place, known as the Flores Settlement, largely limit to 72 hours the amount of time that child migrants traveling alone or with family and detained by the U.S. Border Patrol. They also ensure the children are kept in safe and sanitary conditions.
President Donald Trump tried to end the protections during his first term and his allies have long railed against it. The court filing, submitted jointly by the administration and advocates, says the government plans to detail its arguments later Thursday and proposes a hearing on July 18 before U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee.
The settlement is named for a Salvadoran girl, Jenny Flores, whose lawsuit alleging widespread mistreatment of children in custody in the 1980s prompted special oversight.
In August 2019, the first Trump administration asked a judge to dissolve the agreement. Its motion eventually was struck down in December 2020 by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Under the Biden administration, oversight protections for child migrants were lifted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after new guidelines were put in place last year.
The Department of Homeland Security is still beholden to the agreement, including Customs and Border Protection, which detains and processes children after their arrival in the U.S. with or without their parents. Children then are usually released with their families or sent to a shelter operated by HHS, though processing times often go up when the number of people entering increases in a short...
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After 72 hours they must be turned over to the pedo traffickers.
Biden and his stooges lost over 350K of them democrat democracy in action.
Just eliminate ANY and ALL welfare benefits to ANY ILLEGAL .... with the exception of a free ride to their homeland ... that will fix the problem, instantly.
It’s funny how the leftists care about immigrant children but they couldn’t wait to get rid of Elian Gonzales.
You can’t be serious with a statement like that but damn you are right on the money.
Because his Mother wanted him to live in a free USA, and Clinton decided that America was not as free as Quba.
Why not return these children to their homes from they came from? Make a bit splash in the hometown newspaper for parents and/or guardians to pick up their children at the whatever airport they’re dropped off at.
I understand it is likely a hardship for the U.S. Border Patrol to keep the children in custody. So I doubt the administration sees it as the best solution. I’m guessing those who are filing suit are members of NGO who in the past have received millions of federal dollars for housing such children. Without having to account for the ones that just disappear into the human trafficking pipeline.
Expedient deportation seems the logical answer to the problem.Since that is unlikely keeping them safe until their legal status is determined should take priority.
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