NAFUSA member Andrea Sheridan Ordin (CD California, 1977-1981) was selected by U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee, CD California, to examine juvenile detention facilities for minors brought into the country illegally. In an order entered on October 9, 2018, Judge Gee gave Ordin the authority to hire staff, conduct investigations and advise the court on the government’s compliance with the Flores agreement, a 30-year old settlement that set parameters on how minors are going held for immigration law violations are detained. Flores v Sessions, 85-CV4544. 

Ordin is a senior counsel at Strumwasser & Woocher, LLP and is a member of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. She will assume her role as monitor effective October 15.