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ACLU lawsuit against Trump’s family separation practice settled in Boston federal court

A federal lawsuit challenging the first Trump administration’s married couple and family separation practice on behalf of New England-based immigrants and their spouses has been settled, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts said. At a hearing in U.S. District Court in Boston on Thursday, Judge Mark Wolf gave final approval on the settlement, which was preliminarily approved in October 2024, the ACLU said in a statement released the same day. “As we face a second Trump administration and his threats to detain and deport people en masse, this case...