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Apr 27, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Class Action Lawsuit Against ICE to Seek Immediate Release of Immigrants from the Calhoun County Jail to Protect Them From COVID-19
DETROIT — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of Michigan, the ACLU’s National Prison Project and Immigrants’ Rights Project, and the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 24, 2020
Court Orders Release from Wyatt Detention Center of Two Immigrants Especially Vulnerable to COVID-19
Ruling on an emergency ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµlawsuit, U.S. District Court Judge William Smith this morning issued a temporary restraining order providing for the release by 5 PM today of two immigr...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 17, 2020
Court Orders Release of Individual From Immigration Detention Due to COVID-19 Concerns
HOUSTON – A United States District Court today granted the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Texas’ request to release a person who is highly vulnerable to serious illness and death from novel coronavir...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 16, 2020
Iowa Advocacy Organizations Ask ICE to Decrease Detention of Immigrants Detained in County Jails to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
DES MOINES, Iowa — Today 37 Iowa legal and advocacy organizations, attorneys, and law firms asked Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 10, 2020
NYCLU Seeks Emergency Bond Hearings for Detained Immigrants at Key Facilities in New York and Louisiana
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union and Equal Justice Under Law today sought a preliminary injunction in Onosamba-Ohindo v. Barr, a federal class-action lawsuit against...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 09, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof New Hampshire Files Emergency Federal Lawsuit Seeking Hearing for Detained Immigrant
CONCORD, N.H. — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof New Hampshire filed an emergency federal lawsuit yesterday afternoon with Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic/Greater Boston Legal Services on beh...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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