A U.S. judge, on Friday blocked a Trump administration rule that would have allowed indefinite detention of migrant families.<\/p>\n
The court declared that it was inconsistent with a decades-old court settlement that governs conditions for migrant children in U.S. custody, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n
The judge disagreed with the new rule issued on August 23 to replace the settlement, which had been modified over the years to prevent the long-term detention of families.<\/p>\n
The regulation, scheduled to take effect in October, would have allowed the Trump administration to hold families indefinitely during court processes that can take months or years because of large court backlogs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis regulation is inconsistent with one of the primary goals of the Flores Agreement, which is to instate a general policy favoring release and expeditiously place minors \u2018in the least restrictive setting appropriate to the minor\u2019s age and special needs,’\u201d U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles wrote in her ruling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Flores Settlement Agreement remains in effect and has not been terminated,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Gee asked Department of Justice Attorney August Flentje how he could argue that the new regulations were not inconsistent with the terms of the Flores agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust because you tell me it is night outside, doesn\u2019t mean it is not day,\u201d Gee said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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