Breaking: California sues the Trump administration over a new rule allowing indefinite detention of migrant children and their families
, including the presumption that all children are eligible for release into the community.
The lawsuit announced Monday argues that the new policy interferes with the states’ ability to help ensure the health, safety and welfare of children by undermining state licensing requirements for facilities where children are held. The complaint also says the Trump administration rule will result in the vast expansion of family detention centers, which are not state-licensed facilities and have been found to cause increased trauma in children.
The new policy also violates the due process clause of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the states argue.settlement, which was the result of a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in California alleging substandard conditions of confinement for unaccompanied immigrant children. “Clearly, I think it will be rejected by the courts,” the governor said, adding that “California will once again assert itself in the court of law.”
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