Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the U.S. Southern District of California has issued a preliminary ruling to enforce a 2023 settlement mandating the government to provide no-cost legal, medical and health services for families separated at the border.

In April, the ACLU filed a motion to enforce the agreement after the Trump administration “abruptly notified the Acacia Center for Justice (“Acacia”) that (they) do not intend to renew the legal services contract,” according to the initial filing.

The Acacia Center, based in Washington D.C., led the Legal Access Services for Reunified Families program, which assisted members of the class-action lawsuit through a network of legal service providers.

This case, being heard in San Diego, comes amid President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign that has

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