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August 21, 2019

Trump Expected to End Flores Agreement, Slashing Protections for Child Migrants
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According to multiple reports, the Trump administration is expected to
announce new rules allowing authorities to detain migrant children for
longer and in potentially even more dangerous conditions. The White
House is reportedly planning to terminate the 1997 Flores agreement,
which limits the locking up of migrant children and families to 20 days
before they must be released or transferred to a licensed care facility.
The Trump administration has blamed the Flores agreement for driving the
family separation policy by creating an immigration "loophole" which
brought more families into the U.S. to seek asylum. The immigrant rights
and legal services organization RAICES called the expected move "cruel
beyond imagination."


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