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Families Notes: Immigrant Teens and Liberties Union

families notes: The American Civil Liberties Union filed court papers Friday asking a judge to order the government not to interfere with or obstruct the girls' access to abortions, according to Metro News. The ACLU says the girls arrived as unaccompanied minors. The Trump administration says two pregnant immigrant teens who are being held in federal custody and prevented from obtaining abortions can leave the U.S. if they want to end their pregnancies. The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families notes that the teens entered the country illegally and says they can voluntarily depart to their home country or find a suitable sponsor. The American Civil Liberties Union says the Trump administration is blocking two pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody from obtaining abortions. But the agency says if the girls choose not to do that, HHS does not believe we are required to facilitate the abortion. 7 45 p.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.