A longtime naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia sued Attorney General William Barr, et al., claiming Immigration and Customs Enforcement imprisoned him for nearly a year despite knowing he is a citizen and kept him in jail after an immigration judge terminated his deportation proceeding.
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Hunger strikes. Guards soaking inmates with pepper spray. Unrest over Covid-19 is growing in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers, and advocates are asking the agency to release all detainees to avoid a crisis.
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Pressure was mounting Wednesday on the Trump administration to release people from immigration prisons where at least one detainee has tested positive for Covid-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus.
Read moreCiting concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Wednesday its agents would temporarily suspend most arrests, focusing only on individuals said to pose public safety risks or subject to mandatory detention on criminal grounds.
Read moreCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al. in federal court to stop them from destroying “records documenting mistreatment of individuals detained in ICE custody, including records of detainee deaths, sexual assault and abuse, civil rights violations, inhumane solitary confinement practices, and violations of ICE detention standards.”
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An asylum seeker who was force-fed by federal immigration authorities in Texas amid a months-long hunger strike was released from government custody Friday after agreeing to end the strike and begin eating voluntarily, his immigration attorney said.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement kept an asylum seeker with disabilities in solitary for months after he requested accommodations, immigration advocates claim in an administrative complaint accusing the agency of violating federal disability laws.
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By this time last year, more than 20 million plane and cruise ship passengers had submitted to the U.S. government’s facial-recognition software. As to how that information is processed or retained, however, the records are not public.
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In late December, just two days before Christmas, a man being held by federal immigration authorities in El Paso, Texas, was rushed to a local hospital after his breathing rate plummeted while he was having his blood drawn.
Read moreThe Austin Sanctuary Network et al. sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in federal court for its policy of levying fines of up to $500,000 on refugees who seek sanctuary in houses of worship.
Read moreErick Diaz Cruz sued an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in federal court, claiming the agent shot him in the face at point-blank range for no discernable reason.
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King County, Washington, is illegally prohibiting immigration deportation flights at county-owned Boeing Field, a suit filed Monday by the U.S. Justice Department claims.
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Immigration advocates expressed cautious optimism Monday after a judge in Maryland blocked federal agents from detaining immigrant spouses for deportation at green card marriage interviews.
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The American Civil Liberties Union sued federal immigration officials Wednesday, demanding the search warrants for a raid last year at a Dallas-area electronics repair company that netted over 280 arrests.
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The number of border arrests has dropped for the eighth straight month, after crackdowns by the Trump administration that include forcing asylum-seekers into Mexico or Central America to wait out their claims, a Homeland Security official said Monday.
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Attorneys for a billion-dollar private prison company that houses immigrant detainees in Georgia asked an 11th Circuit panel Thursday to rule that a federal law prohibiting forced labor does not apply to the detainees.
Read moreThe City of Laguna Beach agreed to pay an $18,750 settlement to Torres Gutierrez, a man with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status who was detained by the police and held for 15 hours at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read moreA federal class action claims the District of Columbia Court Clerk Michael Hughes illegally refuses to release people who have been ordered released by a superior court judge if he suspects them of violating civil immigration laws.
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