National Immigrant Justice Center: Trial Opens in Nationwide Class Action Challenging ICE Detention of Unaccompanied Children Who Turn
December 02, 2019
December 02, 2019
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 2 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release:
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is hearing opening testimony today in a nationwide class action lawsuit challenging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) practice of transferring unaccompanied immigrant children who reach their 18th birthdays to adult ICE detention facilities -- federal prisons and county jails -- without considering less restrictiv . . .
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is hearing opening testimony today in a nationwide class action lawsuit challenging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) practice of transferring unaccompanied immigrant children who reach their 18th birthdays to adult ICE detention facilities -- federal prisons and county jails -- without considering less restrictiv . . .