Sessions Files Request to Change Family Separation Mandate

Sessions Files Request to Change Family Separation Mandate
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at an opioid roundtable in Washington on May 3, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed a request to modify the Flores Settlement Agreement on June 21, a day after the president signed an executive order instructing him to do so.
The Clinton-era Flores agreement is the court ruling behind many of the family separations at the southwest border that have caused a furor among politicians and the media.
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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