Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Allow Longer Detention Of Migrant Children

Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in June in Tornillo, Texa

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Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET

The Trump administration is proposing to lift court-imposed limits on how long it can hold children in immigration detention.

Under proposed regulations set to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, the administration seeks to replace the Flores settlement, a decades-old agreement that dictates how long the government can hold migrant children, and under what conditions.