Press Releases
Nov 30, 2020
Federal Court Rules that Detained Immigrants Must Receive Timely Access to Judges
Ruling Creates 10-Day Requirement, is First in the Nation to Establish Presentment Standards In Immigration Court
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 18, 2020
District Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Illegal Border Expulsions
NEW YORK — A district court today issued an order blocking application of the Trump administration’s “Title 42” order to all unaccompanied children, nationwide, in a class-...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: PJES v. Pekoske
Feb 10, 2020
After ACLU-WA Lawsuit, Government Agrees to Prioritize Processing of Refugees Stymied by Travel Ban
Settlement of ACLU-WA lawsuit makes reunification possible for hundreds of families
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 09, 2020
NYCLU Files Lawsuit for ORR Records on Targeting Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit to require the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to release records related to its role in a multi-...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 27, 2019
ACLU-RI Court Brief Supports Challenge to Extradition of Man Likely to Be Tortured If Returned to His Country
The American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project and the ACLU of Rhode Island have today filed a “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Bost...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 18, 2019
COURT ORDERS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE MAN LIKELY TO BE TORTURED IF RETURNED TO HIS COUNTRY
In an important decision for the rights of immigrants – and for a humane and fair immigration system – a federal judge in Rhode Island today ordered the release of a man whom t...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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States Are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence With Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.. Explore News & Commentary.States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
One woman violently forced into assisting a murder seeks clemency in Michigan. Author and journalist Justine van der Leun calls for states to enact laws protecting criminalized survivors.