Tonight's Watershed Flores Order: Mid-July Release For All Immigrant Minors In Custody More Than 20 Days...

This is very good news -- but it speaks of truly horrific conditions being endured by children -- children! -- in border detention, sometimes for six months or more. [We as a nation will face a reckoning for allowing Trump and his minions to do this in our names. Do not kid yourselves -- this is his express policy, in action. And it comprises crimes against. . . humanity.]

Here's the full order, and a bit:

. . . .[I]n the interim, given the severity of the outbreak in the counties in which FRCs are located and the Independent Monitor and Dr. Wise’s observations of non-compliance or spotty compliance with masking and social distancing rules, renewed and more vigorous efforts must be undertaken to transfer Class Members residing at the FRCs to non-congregate settings through one of two means: (1) releasing minors to available suitable sponsors or other non-congregate settings with the consent of their adult guardians/parents; or (2) releasing the minors with their guardians/parents if ICE exercises its discretion to release the adults or another Court finds that the conditions at these facilities warrant the transfer of the adults to non-congregate settings.

While the above should be undertaken with all deliberate speed, in the meantime, ICE must also urgently implement the protocols recommended by the CDC, rather than hiding behind unevenly implemented written protocols, in order to comply with its obligation to provide safe and sanitary conditions for Class Members. FSA at ¶ 12. . . .

Damnation. . . I am sure Trump will appeal to the Ninth Circuit. . . but I so look forward to the day. . . when he is out of office. G'night.

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