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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. / MIAMI 鈥� Civil rights organizations today called on the Trump administration to ensure that immigrants鈥� rights are upheld at the Federal Correctional Institution Leavenworth (FCI Leavenworth) and Federal Detention Center-Miami (FDC-Miami) following reports of frequent illegal and inhumane conditions. In letters to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), advocates detail frequent and systemic failures, including lack of access to legal counsel, medical care, and conditions of confinement at the Kansas and Florida BOP facilities. Advocates鈥� letters come as the Senate is poised to vote on a reconciliation bill that would provide over $68 billion in taxpayer dollars to expand ICE detention. 鈥淭he Trump administration鈥檚 use of federal prisons to detain immigrants must end. Holding people in extended lockdown, and denying them access to adequate medical care, legal counsel, and even sunlight isn鈥檛 just inhumane 鈥� it鈥檚 illegal,鈥� said Eunice Cho, senior staff attorney at the 吃瓜直播鈥檚 National Prison Project. 鈥淭he taxpayer-funded conditions faced by immigrants held at FCI Leavenworth and FDC-Miami should concern us all.鈥� In a letter to ICE and BOP regarding the conditions at FCI Leavenworth, advocates warn that in just two months, people detained at FCI Leavenworth have experienced a variety of inhumane and illegal conditions, including: Lengthy lockdowns, with some individuals reporting being held in their cells for more than 72 consecutive hours as a result of understaffing, as well as unsanitary conditions. Significant delays in receiving medical care, and when they are seen by staff for treatment, they are not provided with proper care and are instructed to pay for medication, which is in violation of ICE policy. Lack of language access, impacting detained individuals鈥� ability to seek adequate and timely medical care. Issues with access to telephones at the facility, hindering their ability to call their attorneys or loved ones. Significant mail delays, impacting detained individuals鈥� ability to prepare their legal cases, as well as receive and send timely legal mailings. Lack of religious services that are otherwise available to people in BOP custody at FCI Leavenworth, in violation of an agreement between ICE and BOP. The civil rights groups 鈥� which include the Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, the 吃瓜直播, 吃瓜直播 of Kansans, American Immigration Lawyers鈥� Association, Federal Public Defender, District of Kansas, Missouri/Kansas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers鈥� Association, National Immigrant Justice Center, and the Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Federal 鈥� also argue that the conditions at FCI Leavenworth fall well below what is required by the interagency agreement, BOP and ICE policy, and the Constitution. 鈥淒etaining someone and undermining their due process by blocking access to counsel is a clear and unequivocal violation of the Sixth Amendment,鈥� said Michael Sharma-Crawford, a local immigration attorney and the current chair of the Kansas and Missouri chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. 鈥淭hat injustice becomes even more severe when it targets civil detainees鈥攑eople who are not accused of any crime. The harm in these cases is not just amplified; it is indefensible.鈥� Meanwhile, at FDC-Miami, legal service providers have reported serious and pervasive failures to provide detained individuals access to legal documents and legal mail, severely limiting their ability to access and communicate with legal counsel, as well as their ability to apply for protection in the U.S. and to fight their cases in immigration court. Additionally, detained individuals face extreme obstacles in accessing phones to seek counsel and to make outgoing calls to their attorneys, especially during periods of confinement. In a letter sent by the Americans for Immigrant Justice, the 吃瓜直播, 吃瓜直播 of Florida, and Florida Legal Services, advocates argue that these barriers violate due process protections guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment, as well as detained individuals鈥� First Amendment right to free speech, which includes the right to communicate confidentially with attorneys. 鈥淒enying detained immigrants access to legal documents, mail, and phone calls makes it all but impossible to fight and win an immigration case,鈥� said Americans for Immigrant Justice Executive Director Sui Chung. 鈥淭he systemic denial of due process at FDC-Miami has impacted immigrants who desperately seek refuge and are legally entitled to pursue relief in the United States. Americans for Immigrant Justice is committed to ensuring that immigrants detained at FDC-Miami receive the protections they are due under U.S. law and the U.S. Constitution.鈥� Immigrants鈥� rights groups and medical experts have repeatedly called out ICE鈥檚 history of abuse, pervasive medical neglect, and disregard for the dignity of people in its custody. A June 2024 report from the 吃瓜直播, Physicians for Human Rights, and American Oversight found that 95 percent of documented deaths in ICE custody between 2017-2021 were likely preventable. Despite this track record of abuse, ICE signaled plans to expand detention beyond its already staggering capacity of 146 facilities nationwide, despite strong public opposition from immigrants' rights advocates, the media, and members of Congress. Advocates鈥� letter regarding FCI Leavenworth is available here: /documents/advocacy-letter-re-ice-detention-at-fci-leavenworth Advocates鈥� letter regarding FDC-Miami is available here: /documents/advocacy-letter-re-ice-detention-at-fdc-miami

NEW YORK, NY 鈥� A federal court in New Jersey issued an opinion ruling that the foreign policy grounds on which Mahmoud Khalil was detained are likely unconstitutional. The court held that Khalil is likely to succeed on the merits of his unconstitutional vagueness argument. The court asked for additional information in order to rule further on his outstanding request for release from detention. Judge Michael E. Farbiarz noted that the foreign policy charges in Mahmoud鈥檚 case are 鈥渦nprecedented鈥� and likely unconstitutional, stating: 鈥渢he issue now before the Court has been this: does the Constitution allow the Secretary of State to use Section 1227, as applied through the determination, to try to remove the Petitioner from the United States? The Court鈥檚 answer: likely not.鈥� In response to the opinion, Mr. Khalil鈥檚 legal team vowed to fight on, stating: 鈥淭he district court held what we already knew: Secretary Rubio's weaponization of immigration law to punish Mahmoud and others like him is likely unconstitutional. We will work as quickly as possible to provide the court the additional information it requested supporting our effort to free Mahmoud or otherwise return him to his wife and newborn son. Every day Mahmoud spends languishing in an ICE detention facility in Jena, Louisiana, is an affront to justice, and we won't stop working until he is free.鈥� The legal team awaits a full and final ruling on the preliminary injunction motion, in addition to Mr. Khalil鈥檚 pending motions for release on bail and for him to be returned to New Jersey. In a broader warning, the judge wrote, 鈥淚f Section 1227 can apply, here, to the Petitioner, then other, similar statutes can also one day be made to apply. Not just in the removal context, as to foreign nationals. But also in the criminal context, as to everyone.鈥� On March 8, the Trump administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) illegally arrested and detained Mr. Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights at Columbia University. Shortly after, DHS transferred him 1,400 miles away to a Louisiana detention facility 鈥� ripping him away from his wife and legal counsel. Since being unlawfully detained, Mr. Khalil has been forced to miss the birth of his first child and other irreplaceable moments in his family's life. Mr. Khalil is represented by Dratel & Lewis, the Center for Constitutional Rights, CLEAR, Van Der Hout LLP, Washington Square Legal Services, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the 吃瓜直播 of New Jersey, and the 吃瓜直播.

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COLUMBUS, Ga. 鈥� A federal court in Georgia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport a Venezuelan man who is seeking asylum and being held in the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. The case is Y.A.P.A. v. Trump. The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the 吃瓜直播 and the American Immigration Council. The Georgia court is one of many around the country involving 吃瓜直播 lawsuits to have now blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to send people to a notorious overseas prison without due process. The following is reaction to the ruling: 吃瓜直播 attorney Daniel Galindo, who argued the case, said: 鈥淭he president can鈥檛 unilaterally declare an invasion of the United States to invoke a wartime authority during peacetime, and send a person off to a brutal El Salvador prison with zero due process. This decision provides important protection against illegal and unconstitutional acts by the government.鈥� The ruling is online here.