Families separated by the Trump-era zero tolerance policy at the U.S.-Mexico border will receive money in a new settlement agreement.
It’s the latest in a years-long legal saga for the families. Under zero tolerance, border officers were charge adult migrants criminally and take their children to separate facilities. About 5,000 kids were separated between 2017 and 2018. About 1,400 are still not reunited with their parents today, according to reporting from the AP.
This week, a California district court approved a $6 million settlement for families part of a class action lawsuit. Some funds will go directly to them and a large portion will go to the ACLU and other groups representing them.
Some families are together now and in the U.S. on temporary status. But that may be in jeopardy under a new Trump administration’s mass deportation scheme.
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A state judge says Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller was not allowed to sign an agreement with the federal Department of Homeland Security to allow his prosecutors to enforce federal immigration laws. -
Rep. Adelita Grijalva is calling the Trump administration to release a Tucson woman detained by immigration agents, saying she is protected by a federal program for undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children. -
A federal judge is once again weighing whether to intervene on behalf of a former Phoenix police sergeant fired for his behavior at an anti-ICE student protest in January. -
Audiences on each side of the U.S.-Mexico border watched the same movie just feet from each other during the Film on the Fence event. -
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, a reporter for the Arizona Mirror, found use-of-force incidents at Arizona ICE facilities — including a pepper spray incident at Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport — are up 333%.
