A federal judge in California on Saturday found that the Trump administration has not taken sufficient measures to safeguard the health of detained migrant children during the coronavirus pandemic, calling detention facilities “hotbeds of contagion.”
Citing the “unprecedented threats” posed by the coronavirus crisis, Judge Dolly Gee of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles ordered officials to make every effort to release detained children “without unnecessary delay,” a requirement established through the landmark Flores Settlement Agreement, which governs the care of minors in U.S. immigration custody.
If the children are not promptly released, Gee said the administration has to justify their continued detention amid a global pandemic that has killed more than 32,100 people, including more than 2,200 in the U.S…
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