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Trump Administration Seeks to Terminate Protections for Children Despite Harrowing Stories From Children in Detention

On June 2nd, Flores counsel will argue before the Ninth Circuit against the government’s attempt to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement - the primary safeguard against abuse, neglect, and prolonged imprisonment of immigrant children.

Yesterday, a federal judge in the Central District of California issued an order protecting immigrant survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, and other serious crimes on a nationwide basis.

In a brief filed in federal court today, lawyers for children incarcerated at the Family Residential Treatment Center in Dilley, Texas (Dilley) describe the federal government’s most recent claims of compliance with the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA) as “fanciful” and reiterate their concerns that children continue to be hungry, exhausted, anxious, and depressed.

These templates are designed to be used to seek habeas relief for putative Fanfan class members while we await class-wide relief and as long as any class members remain detained in ICE custody. In addition to putative Fanfan class members, others who were subject to re-detention who are not subject to a final order may also benefit from these templates, with appropriate adjustments for the context in which they were re-detained.