Legal Opinion
M.M.M. ex rel. J.M.A. v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 3, 2018No. Civil Action No. 18-1759 (PLF)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge
This case arises out of the government's controversial "zero-tolerance" immigration policy, under which immigrant parents unlawfully entering the United States with their young children were subject to criminal prosecution and forcibly separated from their children for several weeks. On June 26, 2018, Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California certified a nationwide class of separated parents and issued a class-wide preliminary injunction requiring the government to reunify separated families…
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