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Justice Department asks judge to leave migrant families in detention centers
Source: The Guardian
Justice Department asks judge to leave migrant families in detention centers
Oliver Laughland in New York
Friday 7 August 2015 23.03 BST
The Obama administration has urged a federal judge to reassess a ruling that ordered the release of thousands of immigrant mothers and children from family detention centres, arguing that the controversial federal facilities are an effective tool to deter migrants from crossing the southern border into the United States.
In a 52-page response to a decision made last month by Judge Dolly Gee in the federal district court for central California, the US Department of Justice argues that the ruling could be used by human traffickers “who are known to exploit changes in immigration policy” and “could cause another notable increase in the numbers of parents choosing to cross the border with their children”.
The government’s response, however, concedes that Border Patrol agents have apprehended only 24,901 family members so far this fiscal year, compared with 68,445 in total last year, a 55% annual decrease.
Gee ruled in July that the federal government’s two privately run family detention centres in Texas were operated in a manner that violated a 1997 court settlement, which requires migrant children be held in the least restrictive facilities possible and be granted bail in all but exceptional circumstances.
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Oliver Laughland in New York
Friday 7 August 2015 23.03 BST
The Obama administration has urged a federal judge to reassess a ruling that ordered the release of thousands of immigrant mothers and children from family detention centres, arguing that the controversial federal facilities are an effective tool to deter migrants from crossing the southern border into the United States.
In a 52-page response to a decision made last month by Judge Dolly Gee in the federal district court for central California, the US Department of Justice argues that the ruling could be used by human traffickers “who are known to exploit changes in immigration policy” and “could cause another notable increase in the numbers of parents choosing to cross the border with their children”.
The government’s response, however, concedes that Border Patrol agents have apprehended only 24,901 family members so far this fiscal year, compared with 68,445 in total last year, a 55% annual decrease.
Gee ruled in July that the federal government’s two privately run family detention centres in Texas were operated in a manner that violated a 1997 court settlement, which requires migrant children be held in the least restrictive facilities possible and be granted bail in all but exceptional circumstances.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/07/obama-administration-defends-immigration-detention-facilities
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