Posted on August 31, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On Friday, August 21, 2015, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee issued an order in Flores v. Johnson, ruling that children should generally be released from family detention within five days—preferably to a parent, including a parent with whom they were apprehended. The government must implement the court’s ruling by October 23, 2015.
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Posted on June 8, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Several of the women being held in family detention in Karnes City, Texas, are pregnant. According to the article, the women stated that they learned about their pregnancies after being given a urine test soon after admission, and one of the women stated that she had not received any off-site medical care for her pregnancy.
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