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September 30, 2019

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration Effort to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Children
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In immigration news, a federal judge has blocked a Trump administration
rule that would have allowed the government to indefinitely detain
migrant children and their families. California Judge Dolly Gee ruled
Friday that the proposed policy violated the 1997 Flores agreement,
which caps the jailing of migrant children and families to 20 days. She
called Trump's proposed rule change "Kafkaesque." A federal judge
blocked another Trump-era immigration policy in Washington, D.C.,
Friday, ruling against new regulations seeking to fast-track
deportations without a fair legal process.


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