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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that officials must quickly release immigrant children from family detention centers after being picked up crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without documentation.

The judge dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again.

The message was issued after eight people were killed in a weekend clash between protesters and police in Nochixtlán.

The drug lord will remain in ICE detention while the agency makes arrangements to carry out his removal to Mexico.

Palma served five years in a Mexican prison before being extradited to the United States, where he was sentenced to 16 years for transporting 50 kilograms of cocaine.

California Democratic lawmaker Judy Chu called for the House Judiciary Committee to examine the reasons for the differences and the ability of youngsters to get lawyers in different places.

The affected vehicles include 225,012 in the United States and its territories, 43,682 in Canada and 402 in Mexico.

The Mexican drug boss will file multiple legal challenges against Friday's ruling to extradite him to the U.S.

Immigrant rights lawyers are asking a federal judge to appoint a special monitor to oversee a longstanding legal agreement on the detention of children caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Districts found to have broken the law can be forced to change their enrollment policies, but making that happen is not easy.