Press Releases
Mar 24, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµStatement on First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in ICE Detention
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this afternoon the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a person in immigration detention. The 31-year-old individual wa...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 24, 2020
Immigrant Rights Groups Sue ICE To Release Maryland Detainees Most at Risk of COVID-19
WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition), the American Civil Liberti...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 16, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSues ICE for Release of Immigrants Especially Vulnerable to COVID-19
SEATTLE — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Washington, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement today on be...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Dawson v. Asher
Mar 12, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Louisiana Demands Immediate Release of Asylum-Seekers and People Awaiting Trial, Expedited Parole Hearings for Elderly Prisoners During Coronavirus Pandemic
NEW ORLEANS – In the wake of Louisiana’s first confirmed cases of coronavirus, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Louisiana today called for expedited parole hearings for elderly people in state pris...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Sep 18, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµReport Highlights Death, Abuse and Neglect at Aurora ICE Detention Facility
DENVER – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers operate without meaningful accountability or oversight. One facility in particular — the Aurora Contra...
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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