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Federal Judge Rejects Releasing Detained Immigrant Families

HeadlineJul 23, 2020

In immigration news, a federal judge on Wednesday denied pleas to release immigrant families imprisoned at three Immigration and Customs Enforcement “family detention centers” in Texas and Pennsylvania, despite concerns over rising coronavirus infections. This comes as a separate federal judge has given ICE until July 27 to release children from these facilities, prompting fears that families will once again be separated.

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