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Biden admin reaches settlement with ACLU over separated migrant families under Trump_我的网站

A |     The Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union have reached a proposed settlement agreement that, if approved, would provide benefits for thousands of migrant families separated under the Trump administration's controversial "zero tolerance" policy to deter illegal southern border crossings.Under the proposed agreement, the Justice Department says, new standards would be established to limit migrant family separations in the future.The settlement would prohibit separations unless there are concerns regarding the wellness of the migrant child, national security issues, medical emergencies or in the case of criminal warrants.The settlement would also provide continued support services for those who were separated from their families when Trump was president, including covering the cost of medical bills incurred during or because of the separations.A federal judge will have to review and sign off on the deal, a Department of Justice official said on a conference call with reporters on Monday.The settlement would remain in effect for six years, according to the DOJ official."The practice of separating families at the southwest border was shameful," Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. "This agreement will facilitate the reunification of separated families and provide them with critical services to aid in their recovery."The ACLU said that under the settlement, more than 3,900 children and their families would be eligible for temporary relief from future deportation for up to three years, with a chance to renew. Members of those families would also be granted work authorizations.In total more than 4,000 families, including 290 children who are U.S. citizens, were separated along the southern border under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, according to a senior administration official, who added that the total changes daily because families continue to register for reunification services that were previously ordered by a federal judge."So far, we've contacted, over the past three years, approximately 1,300 families and where we stand now is that over 75% of the originally identified families who were separated have either been reunified or have been provided with the information they need to begin to reunification process," the senior administration official said, noting that 3,000 children were reunited by non-government organizations.The ACLU estimates that around 700 families have been reunited, it believes up to 1,000 children still remain separated from their parents."The agreement also sets forth procedures for keeping track of the whereabouts of separated family members, and ensuring that that information is shared in the limited circumstances where separations will be permitted," according to the DOJ official.The government will cover some housing costs for those who were impacted and will extend parole for those families who are not yet reunified, the official said.Migrants with a criminal record or who pose national security issues wouldn't qualify for the settlement, according to the officials.For four months in 2018, the Trump administration separated families along the southern border as a form of deterrence for entering illegally, according to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.The policy, which was ended under intense criticism, mandated prosecutions for all suspected illegal border crossings, which led to parents being deported while their children stayed in U.S. custody or were placed in foster care.Lee Gelernt, ACLU's lead attorney on the case -- which the ACLU brought shortly after then-President Donald Trump ended the separation policy -- told ABC News that the new agreement includes housing, medical and behavioral health benefits for families dealing with the trauma of being separated from their children.Officials said the negotiations to settle the lawsuit took three years."When I stood up in court in 2018 to challenge this policy, I could not have imagined that we would be here five years later, still dealing with it, that we would have to go around the world to find families," Gelernt said.The ACLU and partner organizations have been working in conjunction with the Biden administration's reunification task force to identify and locate migrant parents who are still searching for their separated children.The agreement further expands the number of families that will be eligible for humanitarian parole and reunification, meaning that the ACLU and other organizations will be receiving information on separated families that was previously unknown."Hopefully there is contact information, but given the way the Trump administration conducted this policy, we're not optimistic. It may mean searches on the ground all over the world again," Gerlernt said.The ACLU cites the Trump administration's poor record-keeping and hasty separations as some of the reasons migrant parents have been so hard to locate.Organizations like Al Otro Lado have been undertaking an arduous process of looking for families, sometimes conducting searches on foot in remote villages throughout Central and South America. In other cases, the children were too young to remember critical details about their parents.The youngest child separated by the Trump administration was 6 months old, Gelernt said.In 2021, ABC News spoke with Leticia and Yovany, a mother and son who were reunited two years after they said U.S. Border Patrol agents separated them as they tried to submit an asylum claim at the Mexican border in Texas.They were among the first migrant families subjected to the policy.Yovany said he continues to be traumatized by the separation."It was a pain that I still carry with me. It's still hurting me," he said. "I continue living with that fear that I will be separated from her again."。    26일 기획예산처 재정사업평가위 심의 통과2026~2030 제6차 국도·국지도 건설계획 반영                   강원 원주시청. (재판매 및 DB금지)/뉴스1(원주=뉴스1) 신관호 기자 = 강원 원주시가 역점 추진해 온 국도 42호선 문막~흥업 도로건설 사업에 청신호가 켜졌다.26일 시에 따르면 국도 42호선 문막~흥업 도로건설 사업이 이날 기획예산처 재정사업평가위원회 심의를 통과하며 제6차 국도·국지도 건설계획(2026~2030)에 반영됐다. 국도 42호선은 인천 중구와 강원 동해시를 잇는 도로다.이중 문막~흥업 도로건설은 약 752억 원의 사업비를 들여 문막읍 건등리 건등사거리~흥업면 사제리 광터사거리 약 4.7㎞ 구간을 기존 4차로에서 6차로로 넓히는 것이다.시는 사업이 정부 건설계획에 반영됨에 따라 원주 서부권 상습 교통정체 문제를 해소할 수 있을 것으로 보고 있다,특히 시는 해당 사업 완료 시 광주원주고속도로와 영동고속도로 등으로 연결되는 원주 관문 구간의 상습적인 교통정체를 완화하고, 원주기업도시와 문막산업단지를 오가는 물류 여건도 개선될 수 있다고 분석하고 있다, 아울러 시는 이 사업을 통해 원주 도심과 서부권의 관광·산업자원 간 접근성도 향상시킬 수 있는 등 지역경제에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 것으로 전망하고 있다.구자열 원주시장은 "문막~흥업 구간은 원주 서부권의 교통난을 해소하고 지역 간 접근성을 높이기 위해 필요한 사업"이라며 "이번 국가계획 반영을 계기로 예산 확보 등 후속 절차가 차질 없이 진행될 수 있도록 관계기관과 긴밀히 협력하겠다"고 말했다.한편 시는 강원혁신도시와 원주기업도시를 연결하는 흥업~지정 국도대체우회도로 사업의 경우 이번 계획에 포함되지 않았다고 밝혔다. 시는 이 같은 미반영 노선에 대해서도 후속 대응을 이어갈 방침이라고 설명했다.。

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