Immigrants' Rights and Detention
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The Թֱ, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
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36 Immigrants' Rights and Detention Cases

Court Case
Mar 2020
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
U.T. v. Barr
The Թֱ, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Human Rights First filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policies regarding so-called “safe third country” agreements with Guatemala and other nations that force people fleeing for their lives to seek asylum in the same dangerous region they fled.
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Court Case
Mar 2020

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
U.T. v. Barr
The Թֱ, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Human Rights First filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policies regarding so-called “safe third country” agreements with Guatemala and other nations that force people fleeing for their lives to seek asylum in the same dangerous region they fled.

Court Case
Dec 2017
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Hernandez v. Barr
The federal government sets unreasonable bonds for detained immigrants, including asylum seekers, by failing to consider immigrants' financial resources or ability to pay, according to a federal class-action lawsuit
filed by the Թֱ and the Թֱ Foundation of Southern California (Թֱ SoCal).
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Court Case
Dec 2017

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Hernandez v. Barr
The federal government sets unreasonable bonds for detained immigrants, including asylum seekers, by failing to consider immigrants' financial resources or ability to pay, according to a federal class-action lawsuit
filed by the Թֱ and the Թֱ Foundation of Southern California (Թֱ SoCal).

Court Case
Apr 2017
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Castro v. Department of Homeland Security
The Թֱ filed habeas petitions on behalf of more than two dozen families who fled horrific violence and persecution in Central America and whose applications for asylum in the United States were denied after a cursory expedited review.
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Court Case
Apr 2017

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Castro v. Department of Homeland Security
The Թֱ filed habeas petitions on behalf of more than two dozen families who fled horrific violence and persecution in Central America and whose applications for asylum in the United States were denied after a cursory expedited review.

Massachusetts
Dec 2015
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Gordon v. Johnson and CASTAÑEDA v. Souza
In Gordon v. Johnson, the Թֱ and its partners obtained a class action ruling making some 150 Massachusetts detainees a year eligible for individual bond hearings. Rather than being held in “mandatory” immigration detention, without a bond hearing, these noncitizens may now obtain their release if an immigration judge concludes that they do not pose a danger or flight risk. Since May 2014, the federal district court’s ruling has allowed more than 100 noncitizens to be released from mandatory detention and remain with their families while their immigration cases are resolved.
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Massachusetts
Dec 2015

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Gordon v. Johnson and CASTAÑEDA v. Souza
In Gordon v. Johnson, the Թֱ and its partners obtained a class action ruling making some 150 Massachusetts detainees a year eligible for individual bond hearings. Rather than being held in “mandatory” immigration detention, without a bond hearing, these noncitizens may now obtain their release if an immigration judge concludes that they do not pose a danger or flight risk. Since May 2014, the federal district court’s ruling has allowed more than 100 noncitizens to be released from mandatory detention and remain with their families while their immigration cases are resolved.

California
Oct 2015
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.
On October 29, 2015, a federal appeals court affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. In Rodriguez v. Robbins, a class-action lawsuit , the court upheld an order requiring bond hearings for detainees locked up six months or longer while they fight their deportation cases. The ruling stands to benefit thousands of immigration detainees across the Ninth Circuit, where an estimated 25% of immigrant detainees are held every year.
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California
Oct 2015

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.
On October 29, 2015, a federal appeals court affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. In Rodriguez v. Robbins, a class-action lawsuit , the court upheld an order requiring bond hearings for detainees locked up six months or longer while they fight their deportation cases. The ruling stands to benefit thousands of immigration detainees across the Ninth Circuit, where an estimated 25% of immigrant detainees are held every year.