Trump administration tells judge it has authority to keep immigrant families in long-term detention
by Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times
Jun 30, 2018
2 minutes
Rather than continue to separate children from parents apprehended crossing the border illegally, the Trump administration wants to hold the families together, indefinitely, in detention centers, Justice Department lawyers told a federal court.
In papers filed Friday evening, the Justice Department told U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles that they
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