Congress Debates Detention of Migrant Children

Congress may weigh in on a rule governing the detention of migrant children. The so-called Flores Settlement Agreement limits the time children may be held in immigration detention to 20 days. Flores has gotten in the way of Trump administration plans to detain families together as a unit after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Earlier in September, the administration issued a proposed rule that would allow migrant children to be held longer than 20 days along with adult...

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