Immigration
Aug. 11, 2025
Court hears dispute over future of Flores migrant children settlement
In Los Angeles federal court, advocates and the government clashed over enforcing or ending the Flores settlement, which governs treatment of unaccompanied migrant children, citing alleged violations, new regulations, and changing immigration laws.
Whether to enforce or terminate provisions of a 28-year-old settlement that governs the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody was, again, at the center of a legal dispute Friday as a chief judge in Los Angeles heard the arguments.
Attorneys for the migrant plaintiffs and various human rights organizations moved to enforce the policy, known as the "Flores settlement." They claimed the government has been violating it after subjecting children to p...
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