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Aug 21, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Louisiana Sues Local Sheriff for Detaining U.S. Citizen for Four Days Because He is Latino
Staff says all Hispanic men in Ascension Parish Jail are held for ICE
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 21, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµComment on Trump Efforts to Jail Immigrant Children
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced today regulations that aim to undermine the decades-old Flores agreement that provides basic protections for immigrant children de...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 20, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Court Brief to Address Prolonged Immigration Detention and Lack of Access to Counsel at the Border
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Texas and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµNational Prison Project filed a legal brief requesting that a federal court order U.S. Customs and Border Protection to stop i...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 13, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Louisiana Condemns Mass Detention of Immigrants in Louisiana Private Prisons
NEW ORLEANS – Following reports that many of the immigrants detained after last week’s ICE raids in Mississippi will be held in Louisiana private prisons, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Louisiana...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 08, 2019
Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Forced Return to Mexico Policy
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s new policy that forced asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Oct 31, 2018
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Brief Supporting Victim of Sexual Assault in ICE Detention Centers
PHILADELPHIA — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit filed by an asylum seeker who was sexually assaulted when she was 19 years old by...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: E.D. v. Sharkey
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