Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
Keywords
immigration, detention, immigration detention, childcare, asylum, Flores
Abstract
The Flores Settlement Agreement allows for asylum-seeking minors to be released from detention if the minors are in unsafe circumstances. Children are experiencing physical and mental harm in asylum-seekers’ detention. This harm constitutes a lack of safety. Therefore, the current conditions of detention for asylum-seekers violate the Flores Settlement Agreement.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Sweeney, Miriam L B
(2017)
"Child Prisoners: Asylum-Seeking Detainees in the U.S. and the Violation of the Flores Settlement Agreement,"
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review: Vol. 31, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuplr/vol31/iss1/13