Flores Under Siege | Concord News

Concord News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 17, 2026 · 1m

The government is on a mission to gut legal protections for detained children, dismantling the Flores settlement that guarantees them counsel and limits detention time. Agencies are withholding payments to lawyers, letting contracts expire, and demanding confidential client data to renew deals—forcing attorneys into impossible choices. The endgame? Children appearing in court without lawyers, enabling swift deportations—even at midnight. With immigration judges fired and “deportation judges” replacing them, deportation rates have skyrocketed. Meanwhile, a law firm with zero immigration…