LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday will hear a Trump administration request to end a nearly three-decade-old policy on ensuring safe conditions for immigrant children held in federal custody.

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U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in LA will hold a hearing to consider dissolving a policy that limits how long Customs and Border Protection can hold immigrant children

The policy also requires them to be kept in safe and sanitary conditions

Advocates for immigrant children have asked the judge to keep the protections and oversight in place, and have submitted firsthand accounts from immigrants in family detention

In its motion, President Donald Trump's administration said the government has made substantial changes since the Flores agreement was formalized in 1997

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