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Flores Counsel Fight to Defend Immigrant Children from Government Efforts to Dismantle Court-Ordered Protections

Over the weekend, Flores Counsel filed an opposition to the federal government’s motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA), the landmark court order that protects immigrant children from prolonged detention and inhumane conditions while in federal custody.

Jun 234 min read

Amid Government’s Efforts to Terminate Flores, Counsel File Motion to Enforce Agreement, Citing Prolonged Detention of Children and 'Culture of Cruelty'

Flores Counsel yesterday evening filed a motion to enforce the Settlement, citing the government’s prolonged detention of children, which has compounded the harm of other ongoing violations.

Jun 185 min read

Coalition Urges United Nations to Act on Trump Administration’s Use of Enforced Disappearances and Arbitrary Detentions Against Immigrants

The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, together with a coalition of immigrant and human rights organizations, has submitted an appeal for United Nations (UN) intervention to six UN human rights bodies

Jun 62 min read

Trump Administration Moves to End Settlement that Protects Immigrant Children; Flores Counsel Vow to Defend Vital Safeguards

May 22, 2025 – Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody, many of whom arrive seeking refuge and protection. The motion recycles many of the arguments that have been brought forward by the federal government — and rejected by courts — multiple times.

May 228 min read

The Center Joins Rights Groups to Sound the Alarm to the United Nations on the United States’ Disappearances of Migrants and Systematic Human Rights Violations

Fifteen immigrants’ rights organizations have submitted urgent reports to the United Nations and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, raising the alarm over systematic and grave human rights violations against migrants and asylum-seekers by the U.S. government during the first months of the Trump-Vance administration.

May 73 min read