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Judge orders Customs and Border Protection to fix the conditions at its detention facilities now
by Jerry Dunleavy
 | July 01, 2019 12:18 PM



A federal judge ordered Customs and Border Protection to immediately address conditions in its migrant detention facilities and swiftly come up with a plan to abide by a 1997 settlement that set standards for the treatment of children in custody.

District Court Judge Dolly Gee ruled Friday amid dueling claims about the conditions at its El Paso and Rio Grande Valley centers made by lawyers advocating on behalf of the migrant minors and by the Justice Department.

Gee ordered an expedited mediation between the two parties in front of the independent monitor whom the court had appointed to ensure that the agency was complying with the Flores settlement agreement and gave the monitor power to immediately “set other deadlines and take other measures appropriate to facilitate the prompt remediation of the conditions at issue, including the retention of an independent public health expert.” The judge also said she wants a status report from the parties on mediation and what has been done to address the conditions by July 12.

The Flores settlement agreement said children in U.S. custody must be treated “with dignity and respect” and guaranteed access to food, water, medical assistance, and more, while also stipulating that any detention facilities where minors are held should be safe and sanitary.

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