Litigation
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N.N. v. McShane: Fighting ICE surveillance
Federal court rules ICE use of GPS surveillance is unconstitutional when an immigration judge ordered release from detention on bond alone.
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Guerra Leon v. Noem: Protecting abused and neglected youth from mandatory detention
Federal court holds the government cannot detain young person protected from removal under program for children abused and neglected by a parent.
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Kostak v. Trump: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case before the 5th Circuit defends a lower court decision holding that mandatory detention for arriving non-citizens does not apply to a long-time resident of the U.S.
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Ventura Martinez v. Trump: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case before the 5th Circuit defends a lower court decision holding that mandatory detention for arriving non-citizens does not apply to a long-time resident of the U.S.
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G.T. v. McShane: Fighting ICE surveillance
This case challenges ICE surveillance of people with electronic tracking in defiance of a judge’s order that they be released from immigration detention on bond without any further conditions.
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Amaya v. Trump: Ending immigration detention at Angola
This case challenges the repurposing of a notorious, inhumane, and shuttered unit at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, as an immigration detention center used to indefinitely detain people as punishment for past crimes for which they have already served their time.
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Umu Thoronka v. Sierra Leone: Unlawful Dismissal Exposes Gender Bias in Sierra Leone Media
Umu Thoronka, a Sierra Leonean female journalist, was unlawfully dismissed from her position at the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) on July 26, 2024, in retaliation for exercising her right to freedom of expression and opinion.
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Savane v. Francis: Fighting arbitrary re-detention of asylum seekers
Federal court holds that ICE violated due process by detaining asylum seeker it had previously released on parole without first giving written notice.
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Ceesay v. Kurzdorfer: Defending due process at ICE check-ins
This case before the Second Circuit defends a lower court decision holding that the government violates due process when it detains someone at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-in without following its own regulations.
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Lucero v. United States: Accountability for anti-Latino racism and violence
This case seeks international accountability for the creation by the United States government of a climate that fosters discrimination and violence against Latinos residing in the country. This climate has led to a sharp increase in the number of human rights violations committed against Latinos in the United States.
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Pataraia v. Noem: Fighting indefinite detention after winning an immigration case
This case challenges the U.S. government’s policy of indefinitely detaining people who have won immigration relief from deportation after a finding that they will be persecuted or tortured if deported to their countries of origin.
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RFK Human Rights v. United States Department of Homeland Security: Defending humane and effective alternatives to immigration detention
This case under the Freedom of Information Act asks why the federal government ended a program that returned a 100% immigration court appearance rate without detention or surveillance at 90% of the cost.
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