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Federal judge approves settlement barring migrant family separations

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A federal judge in San Diego on Friday approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. officials from separating migrant families for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and offers aid to thousands of parents and children forced apart under the Trump administration. The settlement involves a 2018 lawsuit filed … Read more

Trump administration officials ordered to testify about family separations

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Comment on this storyComment A federal magistrate judge in California has ordered a pair of top Trump administration officials to testify in a 2021 lawsuit that migrant parents and children filed against the U.S. government for separating them at the southern border. Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore on Monday told the Department of Justice and lawyers … Read more