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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must release children held in the country’s three family detention centers by July 17 because of the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Los Angeles ordered.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said in a ruling Friday that children held for more than 20 days at ICE family residential centers should be released by July 17 to "non-congregate settings" that include "suitable sponsors" and even to their own parents, who can also be released if conditions warrant it.
The centers “are ‘on fire’ and there is no more time for half measures,” Gee wrote.
Read more https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...on-centers-because-coronavirus-judge-n1232328
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said in a ruling Friday that children held for more than 20 days at ICE family residential centers should be released by July 17 to "non-congregate settings" that include "suitable sponsors" and even to their own parents, who can also be released if conditions warrant it.
The centers “are ‘on fire’ and there is no more time for half measures,” Gee wrote.
Read more https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...on-centers-because-coronavirus-judge-n1232328
