Floor Settlement News Today

Immigrant children. california is being joined by 18 states and the district of columbia sandy trump administration is violating the two decades old floor settlement which does not allow the detention of minors beyond 20 days. it also requires detained children to have basic necessities such as food, water, medical assistance and supervision when out with her parents. something he said he trump administration has not been doing. >> the actions by this administration are just morally reprehensibl...

Treated in an undignified manner in a country that has set and created the asylum loss for the rest of the world, and this is beneath us. unless we make sure he is held accountable and the people carrying out his orders are held accountable, this is only the beginning. we have to make sure we hold strong and make sure the children know we are fighting for them. >> and you get the word out there through social media and other ways, and im grateful for what youve been delivering to us. but getting...

Report from actually inside the facility from one of the lawyers is, i think, the most important sourcing we have, because were at the point now where lawyers are just about the only people who get in there. >> and theyre lucky when they do, actually, lawrence, because, for example, these lawyers were allowed or able to get into this facility thanks to the floor settlement, this law thats been discussed now that we know the administration is bent on getting rid of. its simply thanks to that law ...

Congress, the ex-perlite s -- experts living this every day, from i.c.e. to border patrol. they need to pass meaningful legislation, they need to pass a floor settlement. they do that, fund some bed space.ow this crisis ends tomorrow. they know what they need to do. weve been telling them. we refuse to do what they need to do. >> now, mark, youre learning even more about what yours and other agencies are doing for the migrants. now, hhs had been offering english language courses, legal services,...

Sometime season. im wondering if you think that could change after the president signs this executive order? >> it could. all eyes right now are on what the president does. he did signal to pool reporters earlier today that he plans to sign this executive order that would look at going around that floor settlement, which says that children cannot be detained for more than 20 days even if they are with their families. so they do go around that and try to change that policy. what would happen is, ...