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Family detention practices

The legal tug-of-war over family detention practices, including the government's ability to detain children long-term and the requirement for reunifications.

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Jan 30, 2026
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were immigrant children held in cages during Biden administration

Yes — during the administration immigrant children were held in custody in facilities that included chain‑link enclosures, crowded tents and converted shelters commonly characterized in reporting as “...

Jan 31, 2026
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What legal rulings affected child detention and family separation in the 2010s?

A cluster of court decisions, a decades-old consent decree known as , and a flurry of litigation in response to ’s 2018 “zero tolerance” policy were the legal fulcrums that shaped in the 2010s; courts...

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