Trump administration works to end protections for immigrant children

Asks judge to dissolve policy that ensures they are kept in safe and sanitary conditions

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National News

August 8, 2025 - 4:08 PM

Immigrants seeking asylum walk through the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to remove a policy that ensures migrant children are kept in safe and secure facilities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A decades-old policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody is inhibiting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, government attorneys told a judge Friday.

The administration asked U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles during a hearing to dissolve the policy, which limits how long Customs and Border Protection can hold immigrant children and requires…

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