The U.S. government must face negligence and emotional distress claims by immigrants who say they were traumatized by former President Donald Trump’s policy of separating families at the southern border.
An Arizona federal judge on Friday rejected the government’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed in 2019 by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a group of migrants.
But U.S. District Judge John Hinderaker dismissed 15 high-ranking Trump administration officials from the case, ruling they can’t be held personally liable for the government’s conduct.
