{"id":140942,"date":"2020-01-15T18:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/judge-rules-in-favor-of-trump-administration-on-family-separations-at-border\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T18:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:10:44","slug":"judge-rules-in-favor-of-trump-administration-on-family-separations-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/judge-rules-in-favor-of-trump-administration-on-family-separations-at-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules in Favor of Trump Administration on Family Separations at Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

A U.S. federal judge ruled that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families who enter the country illegally at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego, California, said in a 26-page decision (pdf<\/a>) on Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials were \u201cgenerally exercising their discretion to separate families at the border\u201d consistent with immigrants \u201crights to family integrity and the courts orders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued that border officials were separating families over minor infringements such as traffic violations or previous illegal border crossings. The organization asked the judge in July 2019<\/a> to rule on whether the government was justified in separating 911 children during the first year after the judge halted the general practice in June 2018.<\/p>\n

Sabraw wrote: \u201cConsistent with the courts class certification orders and preliminary injunction, defendants [ICE officials] have continued to separate parents and children crossing the border when there are concerns about parentage, the parent has a criminal history or communicable disease (or long-term medical need), or the parent is unfit or presents a danger to his or her child or others.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the court has not seen any evidence to show that the government has \u201creturned to systematically separating families at the border.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabraw also denied the ACLUs request to set new guidelines to use before separating families and to set up an independent monitor to supervise immigration officials, writing that such a request \u201cis an invitation that is potentially massive in scope, invades an area that is particularly within the province of the Executive Branch to secure the nations border, and goes beyond this courts class certification and preliminary injunction orders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabraw asserted in his ruling that ICE officials \u201cmust conduct DNA testing before separating an adult from a child based on parentage concerns,\u201d and that \u201csubjective concerns about parentage\u2014or inability to validate documentation\u2014are an insufficient basis for separation when those concerns can be definitively addressed through use of readily accessible, inexpensive, and accurate scientific testing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He wrote that DNA testing is \u201can efficient and definitive way to resolve any concerns about fraudulent documentation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ACLU said in a statement it was considering its next move in the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court strongly reaffirmed that the Trump administration bears the burden if it attempts to separate families based on an accusation that the adult is not the childs parent,\u201d ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said. \u201cWe are evaluating the decision to determine next steps on how to ensure that children are not separated from their parents based on minor infractions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters and AP reported.<\/p>\n

Flores Agreement<\/h2>\n

Trump signed an executive order<\/a> on June 20, 2018, that he said will help stop the separation of families at the southwest border.<\/p>\n

Just a week later, on June 26, 2018, Sabraw issued a preliminary injunction (pdf<\/a>) that immigration officials were prohibited from separating parents and their children \u201cabsent a determination that the parent is unfit or presents a danger to the child,\u201d among other requirements. Politico reported<\/a> at the time that the Trump administration objected to Sabraws injunction, and asked Sabraw to refrain from issuing any orders while immigration agencies were working to implement Trumps executive order.<\/p>\n

The main action in Trumps executive order at the time was a demand that Attorney General Jeff Sessions request the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to modify the Flores Settlement Agreement.<\/p>\n

The Flores settlement forced ICE officials to release families<\/a> that illegally enter the United States within 20 days after a federal judge, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California, amended it in 2015 to include minors who arrive as part of a family unit. The 1997 agreement<\/a>, reached during the Clinton administration, previously only applied to unaccompanied minors.<\/p>\n

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