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July 17, 2020

Trump Administration Wins Reprieve in Bid to Keep Migrant Children Locked Up
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A federal judge on Thursday extended a deadline for Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, ICE, to release immigrant children in its custody.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee told ICE it had until today -
July 17 - to release children from its "family detention centers" in
Texas and Pennsylvania due to concerns over rising coronavirus
infections. ICE now has until July 27 to comply with the order. This
comes as another federal judge is poised to rule next week on a Trump
administration request to keep immigrant families jailed in "family
detention centers," prompting fears that immigrant children could once
again be separated from their parents.


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