Summary
- The Biden administration seeks to partially lift court oversight on custody conditions for child migrants.
- The administration wants to terminate the Flores agreement at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department while keeping it in place at the Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security.
- Advocates argue against the move, expressing concerns about child safety in states where licenses for facilities caring for child migrants have been revoked.
- The split in responsibilities for caring for child migrants between different departments has led to challenges, including the nightmare of family separations during the Trump administration.
