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LULAC: Set The Children Free Says Federal Judge
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Celebrates Court
Order Issued Late Friday

Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) welcomed
the long-overdue decision announced by Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District
Court for the Central District of California to release children being held in
three detention centers after arriving here with their families as refugees
seeking asylum.

“This is a true life and death matter for children being held against the will
during a raging pandemic,” says Domingo Garcia, National President. “Innocent
families’ lives have been destroyed waiting at the border for help that never
came and for many parents who had no choice but to watch helplessly as their
children were being taken from them. Now, COVID-19 has been sweeping through the
detention centers at an alarming rate and we need to get the children out as fast
as possible,” said Garcia.

Judge Gee’s ruling strongly criticizes the Trump administration and mandates
release of the children without any further delay. “The family residential
centers are on fire and there is no more time for half measures,” wrote Gee. Her
order affects 124 children being held in three centers; one in Pennsylvania and
two in Texas. The coronavirus has affected large numbers of ICE detainees. The
latest reports show more than 2,500 people in custody have tested positive for
COVID-19.

“LULAC hasn’t stopped fighting to free every child and family in detention by
ICE,” says Garcia. “Tonight’s order by Judge Gee proves there are jurists on the
bench who agree that these are people facing a threat to their very lives and
they need to get out. We won’t stop until the centers, all of them, are shut down
and with them, one of the darkest chapters in our history,” he added.

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ] .







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