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The Guardian: Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in ICE facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
Last month, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the ACLU of Louisiana, and the National Immigration Project filed multiple complaints exposing systemic abuse against immigrants at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
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Nonprofits file FOIA request regarding Trump administration’s decommissioning of national police accountability database
Tags Share Washington, D.C., October 14, 2025 – Earlier this month, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, National Police Accountability Project, Black Lives Matter, D.C., National Immigration Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Human Rights Data Analysis Group submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information about the construction, operation, and…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Deaths of Migrants in ICE Custody Reach Highest Level in 20 Years Huabing Xie, an undocumented migrant from China, became the latest person to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in fiscal year 2025, after passing away on September 29. His death also brought the total to at least 22 between…
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Univision: He is protected from deportation, is 18 years old, and has committed no crimes, but ICE has been holding him for 2 months
Carlos Guerra Leon is an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from Spring Valley, New York. He has a pathway to citizenship and no criminal history.
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to Host the Ethel Kennedy Golf Classic in Hyannis Port
Tags Share NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will host its 35th annual golf tournament on Friday, October 17 at the Hyannisport Club in Hyannis Port, MA. Rebranded in honor of its legendary founder, the late Ethel Kennedy, the tournament will raise funds for the organization she founded in…
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Attorneys File Habeas Petition Challenging Unconstitutional Indefinite Detention at Angola’s “Camp 57”
Tags Share BATON ROUGE, LA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Oscar Amaya, an immigrant who has been granted protection from deportation but remains indefinitely detained at Camp 57, the newly opened immigration detention center…
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Longtime NY Resident Released from Louisiana ICE Facility, but Freedom Remains Uncertain
Tags Share NEW ORLEANS – After months of unlawful detention following a federal court order granting her bond, Larysa Kostak has been released from the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana. However, her freedom remains at risk as the government continues to challenge the ruling that vindicated her constitutional rights. It’s a case with sweeping…
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Habeas Petition Filed Seeking Release of 18-Year-Old with Special Immigration Status Unlawfully Detained in Louisiana ICE Facility
Tags Share Washington, DC – Today, the National Immigration Project, the ACLU of Louisiana, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed a habeas petition in federal court seeking the release of 18-year-old Carlos Guerra Leon. Carlos, who just graduated from high school in Spring Valley, New York earlier this year, has approved Special Immigrant Juvenile…
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KLFY News: Ukrainian woman freed from Louisiana ICE facility; legal battle continues
A longtime Brooklyn resident, 50-year-old Larysa Kostak, was recently released from ICE custody following a lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partners – but her freedom remains uncertain.
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Louisiana Illuminator: ACLU sues to free Angola ICE detainee who’s already served sentence, has deportation protection
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a man illegally held in ICE detention in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison, despite having court-ordered protection from deportation and having already served his full criminal sentence for past convictions.
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The Washington Post: Issues with ICE
RFKHR attorneys Anthony Enriquez and Danielle McClain call out widespread corruption in the immigration detention system in a Washington Post letter to the editor.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share U.S. Assigned a Specialized Immigration Team to Target Campus Protesters When Rumeysa Ozturk was grabbed by masked federal agents outside her Massachusetts home in March, the video of the Turkish graduate student being handcuffed and hustled into an unmarked vehicle spread around the world. A federal trial that ended Tuesday revealed for the first time the…
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