Why the Trump Administration's Proposed Rule to Overturn Flores is a Disaster for Children and Families

Today's guest host is Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

Brent is joined by a pair of expert guests to discuss the Trump administration's new attempt to "end a decades-old settlement agreement that had set a 20-day limit for holding children and issue new regulations that could hold undocumented families detained together indefinitely.
The 1997 Flores v. Reno court agreement had set nationwide policy for the detention and treatment of minors in immigration custody.

It requires the government to release children from immigration detention without unnecessary delay to their parents, other adult relatives or or licensed programs." (Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/politics/what-is-flores-settlement/index.html)

Brent and his panel explain the horrible dangers that this change would unleash on extremely vulnerable children and families.

 

The guests for this topic are Ginna Green, Chief Strategy Officer at Bend the Arc, and Katy Murdza, Dilley Pro Bono Project Advocacy Coordinator at the American Immigration Council.

The website for 'Bend the Arc' is www.bendthearc.us and their Twitter handle is @jewishaction.  Ginna's handle is @ginnagreen.  The website for the American Immigration Council is www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org and their Twitter handle is @immcouncil.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.