Lawyers defending immigrant children in detention are relying on a court case from the 80s
- Written by Kevin Johnson, Dean and Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus.AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FileThe Trump administration’s immigration policies have brought an old court case back to life in defense of immigrant children at the border, often referred to as “the Flores settlement.”
The case, which was filed in 1985 and settled in 1997,...
