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Immigration,
Government

Sep. 7, 2018

Regulation appears to try end run around federal judge

A proposed regulation from the Trump administration that would allow it to detain deportable children and their families for prolonged periods of time still must comply with a federal court settlement and would likely face legal challenges, experts said.

Regulation appears to try end run around federal judge
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen announced a proposed regulation Thursday that would bypass a 1997 consent degree limiting how long migrant children in the country without permission can be held in custody.

A proposed regulation from the Trump administration that would allow it to detain children and their families facing deportation for prolonged periods of time still must comply with a federal court settlement and would likely face legal challenges, experts said.

The administration issued the regulation on Thursday seeking to modify a 1997 consent decree limiting how and in what facilities migrant children who entered the country with...

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