A federal judge in California analyzed a proposal of the Donald Trump Government To end the Flores Agreement, 1997 Pact that establishes limits and standards in the treatment of migrant children in federal custody.
The agreement sets, among other points, that children cannot remain more than 72 hours in facilities of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office before being delivered to a family member, tutor or the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Besides, The Flores Agreement also forces to guarantee the lower safe and hygienic conditionshe said this Saturday CNN.
At the hearing, Judge Dolly Gee, who has supervised multiple disputes about this agreement, questioned the position of the Department of Justice that their current regulations already meet the demands of flowers.
“You are trying to avoid those requirements that are clearly in the agreement,” he warned.
He also described as “Disturbing” the role of government in incidents denounced within the border patrol.
Trump and the measure towards migrant children
Defense organizations of migrants presented testimonies that describe deficiencies in the treatment of minors in cbp custody.
Among them, they include the Lack of medical care, the impossibility of bathing and the obligation to use baths without privacy.
“What the government is trying to do is free themselves from the Flores Agreement to be able to stop children as they please,” said Carlos Holguín, lawyer’s lawyer.
It is not the first time that a president seeks to modify or eliminate the pact.
Last year, the government of Joe Biden He tried completelyalthough Gee only authorized to stop applying to HHS, keeping it in force for CBP centers.
During his first mandate, Trump also tried to make the minor detention time limit more flexible, but in 2018 the judge rejected her request “for lacking legal support.”
Gee did not specify when it will issue a failure on this new request.
