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Whether or not families will be split up remains in question, and just because the court decision allows adults to stay in detention centers does not mean the government wouldn't free them to care for their children, according to Ian Philabaum, who works with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, which offers legal representation and advocacy to immigrants in family detention centers."The immigration environment is so discretionary and interpretations can vary greatly, but under no circumstance would it make sense to us to separate families," Philabaum told VICE. "The judge did not say the whole family had to be released, but [the decision] doesn't say the family is not going to be released.""The administration started this policy and they can end it." — Karen Lucas
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