A Federal Judge in California, has Shot-Down an attempt by the Trump (R) Administration to Scrub Away the Government's 28-year-old Flores Settlement Agreement, which calls for Court-Mandated Oversight on the Treatment of Immigrant Children in Federal Custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee issued a 20-page Order on Friday, keeping the 1997 Agreement In-Place as Justice Department (DOJ) Lawyers "fail to identify any new facts or law" that Warrant its Termination "at this time," according to the Barack Obama (D) Appointee.
The Administration had previously tried Terminating the Flores Agreement in 2019, at the End of Trump's First Term, but was Unsuccessful then, too. Gee reportedly called a Hearing last week on the Matter "Deja Vu" as the Government tried Propping-Up similar Arguments. "The court remains unconvinced," Gee wrote in Friday's Order. "There is nothing new under the sun regarding the facts or the law."
Under the Flores Settlement Agreement, Immigrant Children must be held at "State-Licensed" Facilities, Treated Properly and Uumanely, before being Released into the Custody of Family Members or Guardians "as expeditiously as possible," per Gee's Order. The Settlement is named after Jenny Lisette Flores, a 15-year-old Detainee who Sparked a Class-Action Lawsuit Filed in 1985.
The Trump Administration recently Argued that the Flores Agreement was No Longer needed, because Congress had Aapproved Legislation to Help deal with the Issues the Settlement addressed. It also Claimed that Government Agencies had Implemented Practices and Standards to ensure Youths were being Treated Properly.
"The legal basis for the agreement has withered away," DOJ Lawyers Argued in a May 22nd Motion for Relief. "Congress enacted legislation protecting UACs [unaccompanied alien children], and the agencies promulgated detailed standards and regulations implementing that legislation and the terms of the FSA," the Lawyers said, Blasting the Agreement as an "Intrusive Regime" that has "Ossified" Federal Immigration Policy.
"The legal and policy landscape has also changed beyond recognition," they added. Gee noted Friday, how She had heard this All Before. "These improvements are direct evidence that the FSA is serving its intended purpose, but to suggest that the agreement should be abandoned because some progress has been made is nonsensical," the Judge blasted.
"Incredulously, defendants posit that DHS need not promulgate regulations containing an expeditious release provision because 'this Court has interpreted [expeditious release] to apply to accompanied children,'" Gee explained. "But 'the FSA was intended to provide for prompt release of unaccompanied children.' This is plainly incorrect and ignores the rulings of at least three separate courts." Gee concluded Her Order by saying it was Ultimately the Trump Administration that "continues to bind itself to the FSA by failing to fulfill its side of the parties' bargain."
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