Migrant families cannot be held in long-term detention, a federal judge ruled, delivering a significant setback to the Trump administration
Monday, July 9, 2018 9:36 PM EST
The Trump administration on Monday lost a bid to persuade a federal court to allow long-term detention of migrant families, a legal setback to the president’s immigration agenda.
In a ruling that countered nearly every argument posed by the Justice Department, Judge Dolly M. Gee of the Federal District Court in Los Angeles held that there was no basis to amend a longstanding court decision that forces the government to avoid holding migrant children for longer than 20 days.
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