The following article by Devlin Barrett was posted on the Washington Post website June 29, 2018:
(Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post)
The Trump administration plans to detain migrant families together in custody rather than release them, according to a new court filing that suggests such detentions could last longer than the 20 days envisioned by a court settlement.
“The government will not separate families but detain families together during the pendency of immigration proceedings when they are apprehended at or between ports of entry,” Justice Department lawyers wrote in a legal notice to a federal judge in California who has been overseeing long-running litigation about the detention of undocumented immigrants. Continue reading “Trump administration may seek to detain migrant families longer than previously allowed”