The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reached a settlement Monday with a group of immigrants who say they were unjustly separated from their families at the border in 2018 under former President Trump’s administration.
The settlement, which is expected to be approved by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, who outlawed the separations in 2018, gives many concessions to the immigrants. The 46-page settlement agreement would provide separated families a special process to request U.S. asylum and significantly narrow the reasons for government-sanctioned family separations, preventing officials from using the legal argument the Trump administration cited to justify its separation policy.
It also will prohibit ICE from deporting members of the class action lawsuit for a minimum of three years, gives immigrants government-sponsored housing and medical insurance, gives them legal assistance to become U.S. citizens and fast-tracks their asylum and citizenship applications.
CBS News reports: “Families covered under the agreement would have access to government-funded housing benefits, legal counsel and medical and mental health services.” Additionally, “While the Biden administration initially considered offering families reparations, the proposal was scrapped after strong Republican opposition. The administration has since argued in federal courts that these families do not qualify for compensation.”
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