HOUSTON – A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic.
Citing the recent spread of the virus in two of the three facilities, Gee set a deadline of July 17 for children to either be released with their parents or sent to family sponsors.In May, ICE said it was detaining 184 children at the three detention centers, which are separate from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services facilities for unaccompanied children that were holding around 1,000 children in early June.
Advocates contend that ICE should release all families from detention especially as the coronavirus has spread rapidly through immigration detention. In court filings revealed Thursday, ICE said 11 children and parents have tested positive for COVID-19 at the family detention center in Karnes City, Texas.
Amy Maldonado, an attorney who works with detained families, said Gee “clearly recognized that the government is not willing to protect the health and safety of the children, which is their obligation.”
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Drop them off in NYC & California, they'll love that
Releasing them into the general population where they have no health care & benefits doesn't make sense either. There are no jobs for the parents so where are they going to go?
Send them home !!!
The judge wants the children released back to the pedos who brought them here to traffic.
Kaifulee's holed up in a palm-sized little office, and he only makes mischief online.
nice
Load them on a plane
And who is taking care of them?
She's in California, not Houston.
To who Are we going to reunite them with family or lose them as trump has been doing.
So, they are going to send them back where they came from?
Talk about a sudden and unusual silver lining in having a growing pandemic
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Thank God.
Libtards continue to support those that break the law; its in their DNA
I'm laughing so hard. So happy they finally get out. So happy that Trump lost his 10th court case of the month. He should change his middle name to loser. Donald Loser Trump. He knows the worst lawyers.
Then send them back home why should we pay for their health when we get Hard time to pay for our own who the fuck are you people we have to support them we just can’t take care of us here release them and take them back to their country
And get ready when they tell their stories. This has been unchecked cruelty at the hands of Trump-enabled law enforcement, and when the floodgates open, there will be horrors.
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