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May 13, 2020

Trump Admin Detaining 1,800 Migrant Children Despite Pandemic
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In California, the L.A. Times reports a 17-year-old Guatemalan boy has
been held in an immigration jail for over a year - the longest held of
the roughly 1,800 immigrant children in the custody of U.S. immigration
authorities. Such prolonged imprisonment violates the Flores agreement,
which limits the time immigrant children should be held in such
facilities. The Trump administration is reportedly refusing to release
children to sponsors - including some family members - claiming
immigrant children are safer from COVID-19 in federal custody.


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