Trump administration proposal aims to evade limits on detaining migrant children

Published September 6, 2018 3:01pm ET



The Homeland Security and Health and Human Services Departments proposed changes on Thursday that would bypass limits on the government’s ability to hold minors in immigration jails.

The plan involves withdrawing from the Flores Settlement Agreement, a consent decree from 1997 that shapes detention standards for underage migrants.

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