Flores Settlement Reaffirmed: 20-Day Limit on Child Detention

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee reaffirms and extends the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, ruling that the government must release children from detention within 20 days, house them in non-secure, licensed facilities, and use the least restrictive setting available. The ruling directly challenges the Obama administration's family detention expansion at Dilley and Karnes City, Texas.