Texas appeals ruling that bans license for detention centers
The Texas attorney general on Monday appealed a judge’s ruling that prevents state officials from issuing child care licenses to two federal detention centers in South Texas holding families that have illegally entered the U.S.
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed the appeal in an effort to have the Department of Family and Protective Services license the facilities as residential child care centers. The licenses are needed because a federal judge ruled last year that the centers would have to eventually release the immigrant children if they didn’t get licensed.
State District Judge Karin Crump ruled Friday that the department cannot issue the licenses. Crump’s ruling did not offer an explanation, but she had previously issued an injunction against issuance of the licenses, determining at one point that the state agency had improperly fast-tracked changes to create a path for the facilities to be licensed.
One of the centers is in Dilley, about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio; the other is in Karnes City, some 50 miles southeast of San Antonio.
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