Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants

The Biden administration plans to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment. Opposing attorney Leecia Welch says the Justice Department has said it will ask a federal judge to terminate what is known as the Flores agreement at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. The move could strain President Joe Biden's already rocky relationship with immigration advocates as he confronts an unprecedented surge in border crossings, with arrests topping 2 million in each of the last two budget years.