Press Releases
May 09, 2025
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCondemns Customs and Border Protection’s Revocation of Protections for Pregnant People  
WASHINGTON — Reports yesterday emerged that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly revoked several Biden-era policies designed to protect vulnerable people in its custody, i...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 08, 2025
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFOIA Litigation Reveals Information About ICE Capacity, Contracts in Facilities Nationwide
For first time ever, ICE provides information regarding total capacity of immigration detention facilities run by GEO Group, Inc.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 25, 2025
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 21, 2025
ACLU, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Colorado Sue ICE for Records Regarding Potential Expansion of Immigration Detention in Western States
ICE ignored March 2025 FOIA request, prompting subsequent litigation
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 11, 2025
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFOIA Litigation Reveals Information About Plans to Expand ICE Detention Facilities Nationwide
Documents show ICE seeking to expand detention facilities already in use, open new facilities in 10 states across the Midwest and West Coast
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 01, 2025
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFOIA Litigation Reveals Details on ICE’s Solitary Confinement Policy Directive
Disclosure on policy directive critical to future legal challenges defending immigrants subject to solitary confinement in detention
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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