A federal judge in California extends the deadline she first imposed mandating the release of immigrant children detained with their parents in ICE family detention centers.
Gee said the government is already violating her earlier order by holding them longer than 20 days. The average child has been in detention more than 100 days. Ninety-seven children are affected by the order.
Gee has now extended the deadline to July 27 after both parties asked for more time to negotiate how the children will be released. Gee only has jurisdiction over the detained children, and her order only applies to them, meaning that ICE may have to decide whether to release children with their parents or separate families. ICE has opposed releasing their parents.Lawyers for the migrants say they should be released while awaiting the outcome of their asylum cases given the rising number of COVID-19 cases in ICE detention.
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