A judge in downtown Los Angeles indicated Friday she would reject the Trump administration’s move to terminate a 28-year-old edict governing how immigrant children are detained in federal custody and will continue to enforce safeguards provided under the so-called “Flores settlement agreement.”

The agreement — overseen by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in L.A. federal court — remains one of the only legal tools to prevent the prolonged incarceration of immigrant children detained at U.S. border crossings. Immigrant-rights groups allege there are ongoing violations of the settlement’s protections, including the long-term detention of migrant children in punitive conditions at border stations.

Friday’s hearing focused on two opposing motions: the government’s motion to end the Flores agreem

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