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Federal judge orders release of children in family detention facilities over COVID-19 concerns

US news June 26, 2020
US District Judge Dolly Gee said in a ruling on Friday that children held for more than 20 days at ICE family residential facilities should be released by July 17 due to the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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· Jun 26

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the release of migrant children held in U.S. family detention facilities, citing the severity of the pandemic

U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules
The ruling applies to children held in the nation’s three family detention centers for more than 20 days. They must be let go by July 17, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
nytimes.com
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· Jun 26

: A federal judge orders the release of children held with their parents at three ICE-operated family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania and denounced the Trump administration’s extended detention of families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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· Jun 26

NEW — Judge orders ICE to release migrant children held with their families, citing coronavirus "The (family detention facilities) are on 'fire' and there is no more time for half measures," US Judge Dolly Gee wrote in her order. via

Judge orders ICE to release migrant children held with their families, citing coronavirus
ICE reported this week the first coronavirus cases among the migrant families with children it is holding in civil detention.
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· Jun 26

BREAKING: The judge's order given Friday applies to children at three family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania operated by ICE.

Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention
When asked about the matter, the judge said the family detention centers "are 'on fire' and there is no more time for half measures."
abc13.com
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· Jun 26

Citing COVID-19 concerns, a federal judge has ordered ICE to release all immigrant children, detained inside its three family detention centers for more than 20 days, by July 17. Yesterday we reported that 11 people inside one of these facilities tested positive for the disease.

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· Jun 26

... : a federal judge has ruled that, due to the pandemic, the trump govt. must release migrant children from detention centers by july 17.

U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules
The ruling applies to children held in the nation’s three family detention centers for more than 20 days. They must be let go by July 17, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
nytimes.com
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· Jun 26

However, ICE can still detain children beyond the 20 days if a suitable sponsor isn't found, a parent/guardian declines the minor's rights to be released, or if they previously failed to appear at a court hearing.

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· Jun 26

Judge Gee oversees a 1997 court settlement known as the Flores agreement that says the government can't detain children for more than 20 days. In April, Gee found that ICE and ORR had violated the settlement and ordered the prompt release of children to sponsors.

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· Jun 26

As of June 8 there were 124 children detained by ICE at one of its family detention centers, according to the order. The Flores settlement agreement, which the Trump admin has been trying to get rid of, applies to unaccompanied and accompanied children, but not their parents.

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· Jun 26

Link to Judge Gee's order

Judge Gee June 26 Order Re The Release of Children In ICE Custody
Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by adolfo flores (BuzzFeed).
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· Jun 26

Florida’s Department of Health reported nearly 9,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, surpassing its previous single-day record of over 5,500 cases, which was set just days ago.

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· May 15

Check here for information on how to take care of yourself and others during the global pandemic.

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