Affording Congress an Opportunity To Address Family Separation
Executive Order 2018-13696
|Signed on June 21, 2018
45th Presidency
What it means
This order aims to keep migrant families together during immigration proceedings while maintaining strict enforcement of border laws. It directs Homeland Security to maintain custody of alien families together during legal proceedings and requests modifications to the Flores settlement to allow family detention.
Expected impact
- Reduction in family separations at the border while still enforcing immigration laws
- Increased demand for family detention facilities, with the Defense Department directed to provide space
- Potential legal challenges regarding the Flores settlement, which limits child detention to 20 days
- Faster processing of immigration cases involving detained families, as the Attorney General is directed to prioritize these cases