Supreme Court to consider if undocumented immigrants can get bond hearings
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the government’s appeal of a ruling that allowed undocumented immigrants to seek release on bond after six months…
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Biden administration appeals ruling limiting immigrant detention without court hearing.
The Biden administration filed a notice to appeal Judge Alison Nathan’s order declaring the government must arrange court hearings for immigration detainees within 10 days of…
The U.S. has signaled that it will resist releasing immigrant families from detainment.
Recently, a federal judge ordered ICE to release children from detention in certain detention centers. Last week, the federal government announced its position that it is…
Judge Orders ICE to Consider Releasing All Immigrants at Risk of Dying if Infected by Coronavirus
CBS News reports that yesterday, a federal judge in California ordered ICE to actively and rapidly review the cases of all detained immigrants at increased risk of…
Judge Orders CBP to Overhaul the Way the Agency Detains People in the Tucson Sector
U.S. District Judge David C. Bury found that the conditions in CBP holding cells in the Tucson Sector violate the U.S. Constitution and ordered that CBP…
Ten Transgender Women Seeking Asylum Just Won Their Immigration Cases After Months of Violence and Discrimination
CBS reports that 10 transgender women who were part of a roughly 80-member group of LGBTQ+ migrants from Central America recently won their asylum cases and were…
District Court Orders Timely Bond Hearings for Detained Asylum Seekers
In Padilla v. ICE, the court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the government to provide certain detained asylum seekers with a bond hearing within seven days of a…
Another win for the Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Client was detained at home by Immigration based on an old conviction for possession of a controlled substance for sale and placed in removal proceedings. …
Infants as Young as 5 Months Old Are Being Detained by ICE, Groups Claim
CBS News reports on a complaint filed yesterday, the American Immigration Council, and CLINIC regarding “an alarming increase in the number of infants” being held in ICE detention…
Mumps, Other Outbreaks Force U.S. Detention Centers to Quarantine over 2,000 Migrants
Reuters reports that as of March 7, a total of 2,287 ICE detainees were quarantined around the country. At a privately run immigration detention center in Aurora,…
ICE Releases Information on Detainees Who Have Died in Custody
In compliance with congressional requirements described in the FY2018 DHS Appropriations Bill, ICE has provided reports regarding in-custody detainee deaths beginning in FY2018. According to a report by Human…
SPLC Sues Over Lack of Access to Counsel in Immigration Detention Centers
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit last week in federal district court challenging immigration detainees’ lack of access to counsel in the LaSalle, Irwin,…