On October 16th, a federal judge was asked to review a proposed settlement in the Ms. L vs. ICE class action lawsuit. The ACLU filed the lawsuit in 2018 on behalf of parents who were unlawfully separated from their children at the border by the Trump administration and in response, a judge ordered a stop to many separations. Five years later, the proposed settlement offers separated families the opportunity to reunite in the U.S., though without any promise of permanent status or any meaningful compensation for the harm children and their parents experienced at the time of separation or in the intervening five years.
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