A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump admin. was again violating a longstanding agreement that compels the government to release migrant children detained at the border within 20 days and ordered the minors be released.
Plaintiffs alleged the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement stopped releasing children to parents, relatives or potential guardians in New York, California and Washington to avoid becoming entangled in those states' stay-at-home rules during the pandemic.
They also argued the government was dragging its feet by halting the release process for some children because parents, relatives and potential guardians couldn't easily be fingerprinted for background checks. Plaintiffs said delays endangered children as the virus could spread in detention facilities, citing a nonprofit facility in Texas"placed under a 14-day quarantine order," according to Friday's ruling.
They also alleged that a teen turned 18 during"quarantine" and was released to ICE rather than going to a family placement program"already secured for him." Gee did not agree with all those claims. But she concluded:"ORR and ICE shall continue to make every effort to promptly and safely release" children represented by plaintiffs.
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