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Aug 11, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµChallenges Trump Administration’s Jailing of Immigrant Teens
Class Action Suit Charges that Efforts to Detain and Deport Children are Based on Unfounded Gang Allegations
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jan 24, 2017
Court Finds Federal Immigration Officials and State of Rhode Island Violated the Constitution in Detaining US Citizen
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal court has ruled that federal immigration officials and the state of Rhode Island violated the Constitution in detaining a U.S. citizen without probab...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Dec 22, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµComment on Obama Rescinding Muslim and Arab Special Registration System
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced today that it will rescind the special registration system for Muslim and Arab immigrants known as NSEERS. The dormant National Se...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Nov 29, 2016
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµImmigration Detention Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments today in Jennings v. Rodriguez, a case that will decide the fate of thousands of people languishing in immigration prisons. America...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Nov 17, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµComment on Japanese Internment, Muslim Registry Comments from Trump Backer
WASHINGTON —A prominent backer of Donald Trump, Carl Higbie, recently cited the Japanese-American internment camps created during World War II as precedent for reviving a discred...
Oct 03, 2016
ACLU: Government Must End Use of Private Prisons For Immigration Detention
New Report Spotlights Human Toll of Over-Detention and Privatization in Immigration Facilities, Offers Policy Path Forward
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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