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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022
Garland v. Gonzalez

Immigrants' Rights

Garland v. Gonzalez

Whether the Immigration and Nationality Act requires a bond hearing for immigrants subject to prolonged detention while seeking protection in the U.S. from persecution or torture.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021
Border Asylum Line

Immigrants' Rights

Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf

The 桃子视频, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2021
Trump Declaring National Emergency

Immigrants' Rights

National Security

Sierra Club v. Trump 鈥 Challenge to Trump鈥檚 National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall

In February 2019, the 桃子视频filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump鈥檚 emergency powers declaration to secure funds to build a wall along the southern border. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition. The lawsuit argues that the president is usurping Congress鈥檚 appropriations power and threatening the clearly defined separation of powers inscribed in the Constitution. On January 20, 2021, President Biden halted further border wall construction. Litigation in this and subsequent related challenges has been paused or deadlines extended while the ACLU鈥檚 clients and the Biden administration determine next steps.
Sierra Club V. Trump 鈥 Challenge To Trump鈥檚 National Emergency Declaration To Construct A Border Wall. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam

Immigrants' Rights

Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam

Whether immigrants are entitled to seek judicial review of their 鈥渆xpedited removal鈥 orders in federal court.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2020
Muslim girl with her family

Immigrants' Rights

International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump

The 桃子视频 and other partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump鈥檚 Muslim ban executive order, charging it violates the Constitution 鈥 including the First Amendment鈥檚 prohibition of government establishment of religion and the Fifth Amendment鈥檚 guarantees of equal treatment under the law 鈥 and federal laws.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2019
Nielsen v. Preap

Immigrants' Rights

Nielsen v. Preap

Whether the government can require that certain people are detained for the duration of their deportation proceedings 鈥 without a hearing 鈥 because they have past criminal records.
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Court Case
May 2018
Jessica Colotl

Immigrants' Rights

Colotl v. Kelly

UPDATE 5/25/18: The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to renew Jessica Colotl鈥檚 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work permit to resolve a lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Georgia, and Kuck Baxter Immigration in May 2017 against DHS for arbitrarily terminating Jessica鈥檚 DACA and rejecting her renewal application.
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Indiana
Oct 2016
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al

Immigrants' Rights

National Security

Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al

The 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to stop attempts to suspend resettlement of Syrian refugees, claiming the governor鈥檚 actions violate the United States Constitution and federal law.
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. V. Mike Pence, Et Al. Explore Case.

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186 Immigrants' Rights Cases

Man in handcuffs
California
Jan 2016

Immigrants' Rights

Prisoners' Rights

Lyon v. ICE, et al

On June 14, 2016, the 桃子视频, along with the 桃子视频of Northern California, and the firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, have filed a settlement agreement in the class-action suit Lyon v. the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE). The settlement requires the agency to give detainees at four Northern California immigrant detention facilities improved access to telephones, including creating private spaces for free and direct calls, delivering phone messages, removing arbitrarily short limits on call duration, and making accommodations for indigent immigrants.
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California
Jan 2016
Man in handcuffs

Immigrants' Rights

Prisoners' Rights

Lyon v. ICE, et al

On June 14, 2016, the 桃子视频, along with the 桃子视频of Northern California, and the firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, have filed a settlement agreement in the class-action suit Lyon v. the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE). The settlement requires the agency to give detainees at four Northern California immigrant detention facilities improved access to telephones, including creating private spaces for free and direct calls, delivering phone messages, removing arbitrarily short limits on call duration, and making accommodations for indigent immigrants.
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plaintiff and child
Massachusetts
Dec 2015

Immigrants' Rights

Gordon v. Johnson and CASTA脩EDA v. Souza

In Gordon v. Johnson, the 桃子视频and its partners obtained a class action ruling making some 150 Massachusetts detainees a year eligible for individual bond hearings. Rather than being held in 鈥渕andatory鈥 immigration detention, without a bond hearing, these noncitizens may now obtain their release if an immigration judge concludes that they do not pose a danger or flight risk. Since May 2014, the federal district court鈥檚 ruling has allowed more than 100 noncitizens to be released from mandatory detention and remain with their families while their immigration cases are resolved.
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Gordon V. Johnson And Casta脩eda V. Souza. Explore Case.
Massachusetts
Dec 2015
plaintiff and child

Immigrants' Rights

Gordon v. Johnson and CASTA脩EDA v. Souza

In Gordon v. Johnson, the 桃子视频and its partners obtained a class action ruling making some 150 Massachusetts detainees a year eligible for individual bond hearings. Rather than being held in 鈥渕andatory鈥 immigration detention, without a bond hearing, these noncitizens may now obtain their release if an immigration judge concludes that they do not pose a danger or flight risk. Since May 2014, the federal district court鈥檚 ruling has allowed more than 100 noncitizens to be released from mandatory detention and remain with their families while their immigration cases are resolved.
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Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.
California
Oct 2015

Immigrants' Rights

Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.

On October 29, 2015, a federal appeals court affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. In Rodriguez v. Robbins, a class-action lawsuit , the court upheld an order requiring bond hearings for detainees locked up six months or longer while they fight their deportation cases. The ruling stands to benefit thousands of immigration detainees across the Ninth Circuit, where an estimated 25% of immigrant detainees are held every year.
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California
Oct 2015
Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.

Immigrants' Rights

Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.

On October 29, 2015, a federal appeals court affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. In Rodriguez v. Robbins, a class-action lawsuit , the court upheld an order requiring bond hearings for detainees locked up six months or longer while they fight their deportation cases. The ruling stands to benefit thousands of immigration detainees across the Ninth Circuit, where an estimated 25% of immigrant detainees are held every year.
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RILR v. Johnson
Court Case
Jul 2015

Immigrants' Rights

RILR v. Johnson

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a preliminary injunction that puts an immediate halt to the government's policy of locking up mothers and children from Central America 鈥 all of whom have been found to have legitimate asylum claims 鈥 in order to send a message to other migrants that they should not come to the U.S.
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Court Case
Jul 2015
RILR v. Johnson

Immigrants' Rights

RILR v. Johnson

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a preliminary injunction that puts an immediate halt to the government's policy of locking up mothers and children from Central America 鈥 all of whom have been found to have legitimate asylum claims 鈥 in order to send a message to other migrants that they should not come to the U.S.
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Escobar v. Gaines
Court Case
Jul 2015

Immigrants' Rights

Escobar v. Gaines

On the night of October 20, 2010, Angel Escobar and Jorge Sarmiento were in their beds in their small, two-bedroom apartment in the Clairmont complex in Nashville. Several roommates and friends were in other rooms. The doors and windows were all shut and locked. Suddenly there was a loud banging at the door and voices shouting Police! and Policia! When no one answered, the agents tried to force the door open. Scared, occupants hid. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents began hitting objects against the bedroom windows, trying to break in. Without a search warrant and without consent, the ICE agents eventually knocked in the front door and shattered a window, shouting racial slurs and storming into the bedrooms, holding guns to some people's heads.
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Court Case
Jul 2015
Escobar v. Gaines

Immigrants' Rights

Escobar v. Gaines

On the night of October 20, 2010, Angel Escobar and Jorge Sarmiento were in their beds in their small, two-bedroom apartment in the Clairmont complex in Nashville. Several roommates and friends were in other rooms. The doors and windows were all shut and locked. Suddenly there was a loud banging at the door and voices shouting Police! and Policia! When no one answered, the agents tried to force the door open. Scared, occupants hid. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents began hitting objects against the bedroom windows, trying to break in. Without a search warrant and without consent, the ICE agents eventually knocked in the front door and shattered a window, shouting racial slurs and storming into the bedrooms, holding guns to some people's heads.
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