WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues in urging a federal court to issue a ruling that protects minors in immigration detention. The senators filed an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging them to uphold the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which sets critical minimum standards for children in immigration detention and continues to be the single most effective protection for detained immigrant children.
"Donald Trump's cruel and inhumane mass deportation agenda includes separating families and detaining children," said Senator Rosen. "As courts have agreed for decades, children need to be protected while in custody of immigr...