Detained Teens

The Ninth Circuit on Monday <strong><a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/10/01/18-15114.pdf">upheld</a></strong> a federal judge’s <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/u-s-must-hold-hearings-for-detained-immigrant-teenagers/">order</a> requiring hearings for undocumented teens who have been indefinitely detained on suspicion of gang involvement, rejecting the government’s claim the order runs afoul of a law meant to protect victims of human trafficking.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a federal judge’s order requiring hearings for undocumented teens who have been indefinitely detained on suspicion of gang involvement, rejecting the government’s claim the order runs afoul of a law meant to protect victims of human trafficking.

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