Mishan Wroe
@mishanw.bsky.social
Senior Attorney at National Center for Youth Law. All views my own.
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ICAP is honored to stand with @nilc.org and @youthlaw.bsky.social in protecting unaccompanied Guatemalan children from being summarily deported under the guise of "reunification" that neither the children or their parents requested. Read the full opinion here: www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
ICAP is honored to stand with @nilc.org and @youthlaw.bsky.social in protecting unaccompanied Guatemalan children from being summarily deported under the guise of "reunification" that neither the children or their parents requested. Read the full opinion here: www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
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🚨 BREAKING: A district court has blocked the Trump admin from expelling Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process. Every child deserves safety, dignity, and healing.
We are proud to represent these children with @nilc.org and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social.
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We are proud to represent these children with @nilc.org and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social.
youthlaw.org/news/advocat...
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨 BREAKING: A district court has blocked the Trump admin from expelling Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process. Every child deserves safety, dignity, and healing.
We are proud to represent these children with @nilc.org and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social.
youthlaw.org/news/advocat...
We are proud to represent these children with @nilc.org and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social.
youthlaw.org/news/advocat...
I am proud to be part of the team preventing this cruelty. We must keep fighting to protect all of our rights and dignity. www.cbsnews.com/news/guatema...
Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan children, saying justification "crumbled like a house of cards"
Judge Timothy Kelly wrote that the administration's argument that it was trying to reunite a group of Guatemalan kids with family members "crumbled like a house of cards."
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September 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I am proud to be part of the team preventing this cruelty. We must keep fighting to protect all of our rights and dignity. www.cbsnews.com/news/guatema...
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Trump’s mass deportations are separating families.
As arrests ramp up, children are being forced into federal custody during traffic stops, raids, and court hearings.
As arrests ramp up, children are being forced into federal custody during traffic stops, raids, and court hearings.
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump’s mass deportations are separating families.
As arrests ramp up, children are being forced into federal custody during traffic stops, raids, and court hearings.
As arrests ramp up, children are being forced into federal custody during traffic stops, raids, and court hearings.
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Congress just voted that DC youth as young as 14 can be prosecuted as adults, making them eligible for harsher sentences and adult prisons.
This harmful federal overreach is part of youth justice rollbacks nationwide. We need solutions, not harsher punishments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
This harmful federal overreach is part of youth justice rollbacks nationwide. We need solutions, not harsher punishments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Congress just voted that DC youth as young as 14 can be prosecuted as adults, making them eligible for harsher sentences and adult prisons.
This harmful federal overreach is part of youth justice rollbacks nationwide. We need solutions, not harsher punishments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
This harmful federal overreach is part of youth justice rollbacks nationwide. We need solutions, not harsher punishments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
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BREAKING: In our case with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and @youthlaw.bsky.social, a District Court blocked the Trump administration’s plans to expel hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process.
September 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BREAKING: In our case with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and @youthlaw.bsky.social, a District Court blocked the Trump administration’s plans to expel hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. without due process.
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NEWS: Judge Dolly Gee denied DOJ’s request to terminate the Flores settlement — a 1997 settlement that provides court oversight of gov’t treatment of migrant children subject to detention until a final rule is in effect.
The settlement will remain: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The settlement will remain: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Case 2:85-cv-04544-DMG-AGR Document 1637 Filed 08/15/25 Page 2 of 20 Page
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Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Terminate the Flores Settlement
Agreement and to Dissolve the Court's 2019 Injunction. [Doc. ## 1567 ("MTT").] The motion is fully briefed. [Doc. ## 1584 ("Opp."), 1612 ("Reply").] The Court held a hearing on the motion on August 8, 2025. Defendants fail to identify any new facts or 5 law that warrant the termination of the Flores Settlement Agreement at this time.
Therefore, for the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Defendants' MTT.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihoebrtvddzsc34562go2fl5p7vv5eqjesb7afi6wyweq5iaowv4a@jpeg)
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Throughout the entire history of this case, the Parties have understood that "it is necessary ... for the New Regulations to follow [Administrative Procedure Act] rulemaking procedures." Flores v. Barr, 407 F. Supp. 3d at 924. This understanding is evidenced by the fact that every time Defendants have attempted to promulgate a rule incorporating the FSA-in 1998, 2019, and 2024 they have always gone through the traditional APA rulemaking process. See also FSA 4 9 ("[T]he INS shall initiate action to publish the relevant and substantive terms of this Agreement as a Service regulation") (emphasis added). Termination of the FSA cannot occur until Defendants have published final, federal regulations implementing the FSA. FSA 99; FSA (as amended) 4 40.
Accordingly, the Court concludes that neither DHS nor HHS is yet in sufficiently
substantial compliance to warrant termination of the FSA under Rule 60(b)(5).®](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiah77gqf6ihkxrlfi5ho7i4gfjkpiy3lfml55y67do5vvvb5hxibq@jpeg)
August 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
NEWS: Judge Dolly Gee denied DOJ’s request to terminate the Flores settlement — a 1997 settlement that provides court oversight of gov’t treatment of migrant children subject to detention until a final rule is in effect.
The settlement will remain: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The settlement will remain: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I am continuously inspired by the brave children who stand up to this government's cruelty. It is truly an honor to represent them.
Three more immigrant children have joined our lawsuit to help us make sure no child is forced to remain in custody away from their families simply because of paperwork barriers. Our statement with co-counsel @democracyforward.org: youthlaw.org/news/three-a...
Three additional children join lawsuit challenging HHS’ 'paperwork barrier' that keeps immigrant youth separated from family | National Center for Youth Law
Three more immigrant children detained in federal government custody have joined a class-action lawsuit challenging harmful U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policies that unlawfully ...
youthlaw.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am continuously inspired by the brave children who stand up to this government's cruelty. It is truly an honor to represent them.
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🚨 The Senate budget bill puts immigrant children in grave danger.
It guts key protections, allows indefinite family detention in unlicensed facilities, and increases children’s risk of abuse, and exploitation.
📢 Tell Congress: NO on the budget bill. youthlaw.org/voteno
It guts key protections, allows indefinite family detention in unlicensed facilities, and increases children’s risk of abuse, and exploitation.
📢 Tell Congress: NO on the budget bill. youthlaw.org/voteno
June 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨 The Senate budget bill puts immigrant children in grave danger.
It guts key protections, allows indefinite family detention in unlicensed facilities, and increases children’s risk of abuse, and exploitation.
📢 Tell Congress: NO on the budget bill. youthlaw.org/voteno
It guts key protections, allows indefinite family detention in unlicensed facilities, and increases children’s risk of abuse, and exploitation.
📢 Tell Congress: NO on the budget bill. youthlaw.org/voteno
Many people wonder what they can do to help - here is something you can do to help. Call Congress. Tell them this budget does not reflect our values. action.youthlaw.org/a/stand-up-f...
June 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Many people wonder what they can do to help - here is something you can do to help. Call Congress. Tell them this budget does not reflect our values. action.youthlaw.org/a/stand-up-f...
Grateful to @salonnewsroom.bsky.social for covering our case which seeks to end a different kind of family separation. And in awe of the brave kids who filed this litigation for themselves and for their peers.
The administration's orders are "just a different kind of family separation, where kids are being told they have to grow up in custody instead," says @mishanw.bsky.social, senior attorney at NCYL.
New from @salonnewsroom.bsky.social
New from @salonnewsroom.bsky.social
“I just want to talk and be together again.”
A new lawsuit says the Trump administration is blocking unaccompanied minors from reuniting with family, forcing many to grow up in custody instead of with qualified sponsors.
Read more: www.salon.com/2025/05/27/a...
A new lawsuit says the Trump administration is blocking unaccompanied minors from reuniting with family, forcing many to grow up in custody instead of with qualified sponsors.
Read more: www.salon.com/2025/05/27/a...
May 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Grateful to @salonnewsroom.bsky.social for covering our case which seeks to end a different kind of family separation. And in awe of the brave kids who filed this litigation for themselves and for their peers.
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In a widely-expected move, the Trump admin is making yet another effort to terminate the Flores Settlement, which since the 1990s has imposed limitations on the government's treatment of children in immigration detention.
They lost every effort to do this in Trump's first term.
They lost every effort to do this in Trump's first term.
NEW: Today, the Trump admin filed to end the Flores Settlement-an agreement that provides basic safeguards for children in federal immigration custody.
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
Trump administration moves to end settlement that protects immigrant children; Flores counsel vow to defend vital safeguards | National Center for Youth Law
Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody,...
youthlaw.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In a widely-expected move, the Trump admin is making yet another effort to terminate the Flores Settlement, which since the 1990s has imposed limitations on the government's treatment of children in immigration detention.
They lost every effort to do this in Trump's first term.
They lost every effort to do this in Trump's first term.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 The Trump Administration just filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, a 1997 landmark court order that protects children in immigration detention. An end to Flores would put kids in danger of indefinite detention and subject them to cruel & inhumane treatment.
May 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 The Trump Administration just filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, a 1997 landmark court order that protects children in immigration detention. An end to Flores would put kids in danger of indefinite detention and subject them to cruel & inhumane treatment.
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🚨BREAKING🚨 The Administration just filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, a 1997 landmark court order that protects children in immigration detention. An end to Flores would put immigrant children in danger of indefinite detention and subject them to cruel and inhuman treatment
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨 The Administration just filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, a 1997 landmark court order that protects children in immigration detention. An end to Flores would put immigrant children in danger of indefinite detention and subject them to cruel and inhuman treatment
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"Eviscerating the rudimentary protections that these children have is unconscionable. At this very moment, babies and toddlers are being detained in family detention, and children all over the country are being detained and separated from their families unnecessarily." @mishanw.bsky.social
NEW: Today, the Trump admin filed to end the Flores Settlement-an agreement that provides basic safeguards for children in federal immigration custody.
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
Trump administration moves to end settlement that protects immigrant children; Flores counsel vow to defend vital safeguards | National Center for Youth Law
Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody,...
youthlaw.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Eviscerating the rudimentary protections that these children have is unconscionable. At this very moment, babies and toddlers are being detained in family detention, and children all over the country are being detained and separated from their families unnecessarily." @mishanw.bsky.social
Here we go again...
👉 Today, the Trump administration filed a motion in court to end the Flores Settlement - an agreement that provides basic safeguards for the treatment of children in federal immigration custody.
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
May 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here we go again...
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“I just want to be with my family.”
Quotes from children held in government custody make one thing clear: they want to go home. New HHS rules are keeping them trapped.
NCYL and @democracyforward.org have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop this.
youthlaw.org/cases/angeli...
Quotes from children held in government custody make one thing clear: they want to go home. New HHS rules are keeping them trapped.
NCYL and @democracyforward.org have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop this.
youthlaw.org/cases/angeli...
May 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I just want to be with my family.”
Quotes from children held in government custody make one thing clear: they want to go home. New HHS rules are keeping them trapped.
NCYL and @democracyforward.org have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop this.
youthlaw.org/cases/angeli...
Quotes from children held in government custody make one thing clear: they want to go home. New HHS rules are keeping them trapped.
NCYL and @democracyforward.org have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop this.
youthlaw.org/cases/angeli...
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“When a child is denied release to a parent just because their only form of ID is a foreign passport, it’s hard to see this as anything more than making life as hard as possible for the immigrant families who seek safety in our country.” @mishanw.bsky.social , NCYL
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Migrant children languish in custody for months because of new federal rules, lawsuit says
New rules require families who want to reunify with migrant children to provide proof of income and U.S. identification and, often, to take a DNA test.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“When a child is denied release to a parent just because their only form of ID is a foreign passport, it’s hard to see this as anything more than making life as hard as possible for the immigrant families who seek safety in our country.” @mishanw.bsky.social , NCYL
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Deeply grateful to the brave children and their families who made this case possible. @youthlaw.bsky.social is ready to keep fighting to get these kids home to their families.
BREAKING: Immigrant children are being detained in U.S. custody for months—even when their families are ready to bring them home.
NCYL and @democracyforward.org just filed a class action lawsuit against HHS to stop it.
Read more here: youthlaw.org/news/new-law...
NCYL and @democracyforward.org just filed a class action lawsuit against HHS to stop it.
Read more here: youthlaw.org/news/new-law...
New Lawsuit Challenges “Paperwork Barrier” Keeping Immigrant Children Separated from Family and Detained in Government Custody | National Center for Youth Law
Washington, D.C. — Today, children and an immigrant defense organization represented by the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) and Democracy Forward filed a class action complaint in the U.S. Distri...
youthlaw.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Deeply grateful to the brave children and their families who made this case possible. @youthlaw.bsky.social is ready to keep fighting to get these kids home to their families.
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"Children in government care are now isolated—from their families, from lawyers and other professionals who can help them ..."
Trump regime’s polices are prolonging children detention & making it nearly impossible for many families to reunite.
Cruelty is always their point.
Trump regime’s polices are prolonging children detention & making it nearly impossible for many families to reunite.
Cruelty is always their point.
Immigrant Kids Trapped in U.S. Custody: The Hidden Crisis Inside the Office of Refugee Resettlement
A new form of family separation has been quietly engineered at the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Unaccompanied Minors program, the HHS office responsible for the care and custody of immigrant child...
msmagazine.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Children in government care are now isolated—from their families, from lawyers and other professionals who can help them ..."
Trump regime’s polices are prolonging children detention & making it nearly impossible for many families to reunite.
Cruelty is always their point.
Trump regime’s polices are prolonging children detention & making it nearly impossible for many families to reunite.
Cruelty is always their point.
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Take action today by contacting your members of Congress here: actionnetwork.org/letters/rest...
Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
This week, the government froze legal services for unaccompanied children, leaving over 26,000 children without access to their legal counsel. This strands children, some as young as toddlers, without...
actionnetwork.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Take action today by contacting your members of Congress here: actionnetwork.org/letters/rest...
As Flores and Lucas R. counsel we know how critical access to independent attorneys is for the safety of children in federal immigration detention. Stripping children of access to counsel is cowardly and cruel. I'm so proud to work at @youthlaw.bsky.social with my amazing colleagues.
🌟 Today, NCYL took action to protect unaccompanied immigrant children - we filed an amicus brief, along with co-counsel @chrclla.bsky.social @childrens-rights.bsky.social @ucdavislaw.bsky.social, supporting legal service providers challenging the Trump administration’s cuts to legal aid. A thread:
April 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As Flores and Lucas R. counsel we know how critical access to independent attorneys is for the safety of children in federal immigration detention. Stripping children of access to counsel is cowardly and cruel. I'm so proud to work at @youthlaw.bsky.social with my amazing colleagues.
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Just in: A federal judge extended a court agreement on Thursday ensuring safe and sanitary conditions for migrant children in federal custody a day after CBP was set to begin self-monitoring in El Paso and RGV sectors.
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Judge extends court-monitoring agreement for children in Customs and Border Protection custody
A federal judge filed a last-minute order extending a court agreement ensuring protections for children in federal custody the day after it ended.
apnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Just in: A federal judge extended a court agreement on Thursday ensuring safe and sanitary conditions for migrant children in federal custody a day after CBP was set to begin self-monitoring in El Paso and RGV sectors.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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At @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy, NCYL's Neha Desai and @melissaadamson.bsky.social write about how the #LakenRileyAct is a harmful bill that could force a migrant child merely charged with stealing a lollipop into indefinite detention. Read their analysis:
The Laken Riley Act Harms Immigrant Children, And It’s Only the Beginning | Common Dreams
Policymakers on both sides of the political aisle seem all too eager to support legislation that ignores that immigrant children are human beings, worthy of the same care and protections that their…
buff.ly
January 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
At @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy, NCYL's Neha Desai and @melissaadamson.bsky.social write about how the #LakenRileyAct is a harmful bill that could force a migrant child merely charged with stealing a lollipop into indefinite detention. Read their analysis:
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Students as young as 10, accused of school-based misbehavior, were ticketed by Colorado law enforcement more than 4,800 times in the 2022–23 school year alone. Read more from NCYL Attorney Hong Le on how these tickets can harm youth well into adulthood:
Children are often left ‘unrepresented and unseen’ in Colorado’s municipal courts
Our report on Lakewood (CO) municipal courts highlights systemic harms and offers reforms applicable to all communities
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Students as young as 10, accused of school-based misbehavior, were ticketed by Colorado law enforcement more than 4,800 times in the 2022–23 school year alone. Read more from NCYL Attorney Hong Le on how these tickets can harm youth well into adulthood: