Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and our partners have filed a lawsuit on behalf of J.M.A., a Cuban asylum seeker wrongfully detained in a New York ICE facility. 

Fleeing political persecution in Cuba for his anti-Communist beliefs, J.M.A. came to the United States in 2023 and did everything the government asked of him while pursuing a legal pathway to citizenship. He holds no criminal record and was gainfully employed with legal work authorization at the time of his arrest. Despite this, he’s been detained for over seven months now.

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