WASHINGTON _ In asking a federal court to release it from a from a 2-decade-old settlement regarding family detention, the Trump administration is using the same arguments that President Barack Obama used to no avail in 2015.
The administration's arguments filed Thursday even cite a 2015 affidavit, when the Obama administration sought to modify the Flores agreement by charging that family detention was necessary to keep families together and enforce the law during a border-crossing surge.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that seeks to end the practice of separating children from their parents when they enter the U.S. illegally, and directed the Department of Homeland Security to keep families intact, but detained throughout the duration of their court proceedings.
