The Justice Department has filed documents opposing a federal judge’s ruling that women and children being held at family detention centers be released. In late July, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee condemned the mass detention as “deplorable” and ruled it was in violation of previous court decisions. The ruling gave the Obama administration 90 days to either release the more than 2,000 women and children being held in two Texas facilities or to show just cause to continue holding them. The Justice Department filed documents Thursday saying that changes have been made at the facilities that Gee’s ruling applies to practices no longer in place. Meanwhile, five mothers and their children have filed a $10 million complaint against the Department of Homeland Security, arguing they suffered abuse, neglect and trauma in family detention centers.
DOJ Opposes Judge’s Ruling to Release Children from Family Detention
HeadlineAug 11, 2015
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