Judge orders Trump admin to uphold Biden-era agreement over family border separation policy
Source: Law & Crime
Jun 11th, 2025, 2:50 pm
A federal judge in California has found the Trump administration in violation of an agreement to provide legal services to people affected by the U.S. government’s family separation policy.
On Tuesday, in a 19-page order enforcing the settlement agreement, U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must provide the class members with private attorneys in light of the violation.
Now, the government must re-enter into a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice — a prior arrangement abandoned earlier this year at the behest of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The long-running litigation began in 2018 and stems from the controversial policy enacted by the first Trump administration of intentionally separating immigrant children from their parents.
The court briefly takes stock of the facts in the case in the order. “The policy resulted in the separation of thousands of parents from their minor children, many of whom remain separated to this day,” Sabraw explains. “The policy caused lasting, excruciating harm to these families, and gratuitously tore the sacred bond that existed between these parents and their children.”
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Full headline: ‘Cannot just simply disregard it’: Judge orders Trump admin to uphold Biden-era agreement over family border separation policy
Link to ORDER (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25971244-ms-l-breach-enforce-opinion/
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25971244/ms-l-breach-enforce-opinion.pdf