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Dear John,
The Trump administration will soon publish a rule permitting the indefinite detention of immigrant children. This will upend the Flores Settlement [[link removed]] , a decades-old agreement which requires that children generally be released from detention within 20 days.
We have provided critical legal services to immigrant children for almost 5 years with the American Immigration Lawyers Association and other partners. Children refuse to eat, and sick children are regularly denied medical care. We have seen the detrimental effects long-term detention and witness children being denied medical care.
The new rule is cruel and senseless—especially because there are alternatives to detention that are less costly and more humane.
If the rule goes into effect, we will continue fighting for the families detained in Dilley to ensure they have a chance of being released from detention and a fair day in court.
Sincerely,
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Katie Shepherd
National Advocacy Counsel
P.S. – Here are some related resources on this issue.
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Special
Report:
Detaining
Families
–
A
Study
of
Asylum
Adjudication
in
Family
Detention
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Regulatory
Comment:
Opposing
the
Indefinite
Detention
of
Immigrant
Children
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Blog:
The
Death
Toll
of
Migrant
Children
in
US
Custody
Continues
to
Rise
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