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Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Let It Detain Immigrant Children With Their Parents Indefinitely
In an emergency motion filed Thursday, lawyers from the Justice Department asked a federal court to modify a decades-old settlement agreement that prevents the federal government from holding immigrant minors longer than 20 days in federal custody.
