Federal judge orders release of immigrant families held at detention centers

Los Angeles Times | July 25, 2015 | 10:17 AM

A federal judge has ruled that families held in immigration detention facilities must be released after finding that their detention was in serious violation of an earlier court settlement.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in California ruled late Friday that children and their mothers -- many part of an exodus of immigrants fleeing from violence in Central America -- can no longer be locked up. Gee found federal officials had violated an 18-year-old court settlement regarding the detention of migrant children.
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