The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
Woman and three transgender people come forward regarding abuse at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
Tags Share Federal Agents in NY Retreat in SUV with Slashed Tires as Protesters Shout ‘Gestapo’ Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in an affluent Rochester neighborhood after being confronted by more than 100 protesters on Tuesday. The group shouted “shame” and “Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in…
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
Tags Share ICE Opens Immigrant Detention Center in Notorious Louisiana Prison The maximum-security prison known as Angola, notorious for a history of violence and harsh conditions, has long been the repository for Louisiana’s worst offenders. Most inmates arrive with life sentences. Now, the prison, officially the Louisiana State Penitentiary, will also hold immigrants who have…
Tags Share New York, NY, September 4, 2025 – Five nonprofit organizations that testified during the United States Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Pre-Session in Geneva last week are denouncing the U.S. government’s unprecedented move to boycott the UPR proceedings. Calling out the United States’ escalating abuse of immigrants and asylum seekers, the nonprofits have pledged…
This submission to the United Nations International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement urges accountability for systemic human rights abuses against Black people incarcerated in Louisiana’s immigration detention network.
Tags Share An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There When Lloyd Gray stood trial for rape in 1980, two jurors didn’t believe he was guilty and voted to acquit. Today, a split-jury verdict would mean a mistrial and possibly Gray’s freedom. But back…
This case challenges the mandatory detention of Larysa Kostak, a 50-year-old Ukrainian woman who has lived in the United States for nearly two decades. She fled Ukraine for political reasons and entered the United States without inspection in 2005. No longer living in Brooklyn, New York, her home for the past 20 years, she now…
Tags Share Dispatches from Detention shares stories of people encountered by RFK Human Rights attorneys in legal outreach trips to the country’s most isolated immigration detention centers. Names have been changed to protect privacy. Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, Batavia, New York “When will this end?” – Marcus, a lawful permanent resident Marcus, a Black man…
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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