July 2015 Order In Jenny L. Flores, et al. v. Jeh Johnson, et al.

This court order issued on July 25, 2015 states that residential care of children in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must meet minimum standards for the children's detention, release, and treatment. The ruling clarifies that the 1997 Flores settlement agreement applies to all children in ICE custody, even to those detained with their families in Family Detention Centers, not only to unaccompanied minors. After negotiations broke down between the parties in July 2015, District Judge Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court for the Central District of California determined that ICE failed to meet . . .