Immigration
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VICTORY: Settlement Secures First Amendment Protections for Immigrants Detained in Buffalo ICE Detention Facility
Tags Share MEDIA CONTACT: NYCLU Media, 212-607-3360, media@nyclu.org NEW YORK, NY – Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS), the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, and Covington & Burling LLC announced a settlement in PLS v. DHS that ensures all privileged legal mail sent to immigrants detained in the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (commonly known as Batavia) remains secure and
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share US Immigration Agents Linked to Spike in Shootings Under Trump Administration Crackdown Federal immigration agents have been involved in a sharp rise in shootings in recent months, coinciding with the Trump administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts. Under Trump’s crackdown, immigration officers have been connected to 14 shootings, according to data compiled by the Trace, a
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Prisoners’ Legal Services v. Department of Homeland Security: Protecting the First Amendment and attorney-client privilege in immigration detention
Immigration detention center Buffalo Federal Detention Facility ends practice of opening, copying, and retaining privileged legal documents transmitted to detained people after lawsuit.
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Slate: ICE Has a New Foe: Miscarrying Women in Trump DHS Custody
Referencing a newly-released letter from the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center and other advocacy groups, Slate details chilling accounts of medical neglect and abuse endured by pregnant and postpartum women in ICE detention
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Gutting of Key US Watchdog Could Pave Way for Grave Immigration Abuses, Experts Warn The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could be laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to
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The Guardian: Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
A new investigation reveals that the Department of Homeland Security’s internal civil rights watchdog system has been dismantled to the point of near-collapse, just as the Trump administration accelerates aggressive immigration enforcement.
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The Independent: Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE
Referencing a recent report from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partner organizations, The Independent details medical neglect and harrowing abuses against pregnant women inside ICE detention
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Administration ‘Inadvertently’ Deported Transgender Woman to Mexico Despite Judge’s Concern she May Face Torture There The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. The government has said
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The Guardian: Trump officials wrongly deport trans woman in violation of court order
A federal judge found that transgender woman Britania Uriostegui Rios would face significant risk of persecution or torture if she was deported to Mexico.
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POLITICO: Trump admin acknowledges another ‘inadvertent’ deportation despite court order
A federal judge found that transgender woman Britania Uriostegui Rios would face significant risk of persecution or torture if she was deported to Mexico.
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CNN: Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there
The Trump administration now admits it “inadvertently” deported transgender woman Britania Uriostegui Rios to Mexico despite a court order barring her return.
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Uriostegui Rios v. Trump: Freeing torture survivors from indefinite detention
This case asks whether the federal government can continue to detain someone who was granted deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture when there is no substantial likelihood it will be able to remove her to a third country in the foreseeable future.
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