[20210401]IF11799_边境儿童移民：弗洛雷斯和解协议和其他法律发展.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov April 1, 2021Child Migrants at the Border: The Flores Settlement Agreement and Other Legal DevelopmentsReports of child migrants arriving at the southern border have raised interest in the laws governing their custody and treatment by U.S. authorities. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) generally authorizes the detention of non-U.S. nationals (“aliens” under governing law) placed in removal proceedings while their removability and any claims for asylum or other relief are considered. See Jennings v. Rodriguez, 138 S. Ct. 830, 838 (2018). But a more specific body of lawcomprised of federal statutes, a 1997 settlement agreement, and regulations partially implementing that agreementgoverns the care and custody of alien minors. This framework distinguishes arriving minors who are unaccompanied by immediate familycommonly known as unaccompanied alien children (UACs)from those arriving with a family unit. The Flores Settlement Agreement In 1985, a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California challenged procedures for the detention and release of alien minors by immigration authorities. After more than