TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 13, 2024

The administration of President Joe Biden has asked a federal judge to terminate key aspects of a 1997 settlement agreement that established minimum standards for housing unaccompanied migrant children in detention facilities. Reuters reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is arguing it should be released from the settlement now that it has adopted regulations. The Flores settlement, named for a 1985 class action lawsuit, generally places a 20-day limit on detaining children who enter the country without documentation and requires facilities that house them to be licensed by state authorities.