Immigration
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Case management as a humane, effective, and evidence-backed alternative to ICE detention: FOIA request
On March 31, 2025, RFK Human Rights submitted a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Department of Homeland Security and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to seek information about the CMPP’s effectiveness, scope, and participant demographics.
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Bloomberg Law: Trump DHS Sued by Immigrant Groups Over Non-Citizen Registry
Tags Share On March 31, RFK Human Rights and partner organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts to create a national immigrant registry via a long-dormant, WWII-era federal law. Read the full article to learn more.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Administration Advances Immigration Crackdown On Foreign Student Protesters The Trump administration is ramping up penalties against students who engaged in protests against the war in Gaza, revoking the visas of hundreds of alleged demonstrators. The Trump administration is ramping up penalties against students who engaged in protests against the war in Gaza, revoking
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Human rights groups publish new guide on legal resources for detained immigrants
Tags Share Washington, D.C., March 25, 2025 – Earlier today, the Acacia Center for Justice (Acacia), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), and ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) published a new guide that trains attorneys, advocates, and grassroots organizations how to provide legal services in immigration detention facilities. The guide directs practitioners through the process of
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Documented: A Queer Asylum Seeker’s Detention Nightmare
Tags Share After fleeing persecution in Guyana, a queer immigrant named A.B. was subjected to new trauma – detention in New York’s largest ICE facility, where LGBTQ+ identity is treated as a security risk. Speaking with Documented, our VP of U.S. Advocacy & Litigation Anthony Enriquez comments on the long record of abuse at the
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WXXI News: Lawsuit targets mail policy at ICE’s detention center in Batavia
Tags Share “ICE’s new mail policy is a flagrant violation of confidentiality and privacy.” On March 10, RFK Human Rights sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility over the facility’s failure to protect the confidentiality of legal mail. Speaking with Rochester Public Radio, attorney Sarah Decker comments on
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Judge Rules DOGE’s USAID Dismantling Likely Violates The Constitution The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled as he indefinitely blocked DOGE from making further cuts to the agency. The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer
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Prisoners’ Legal Services v. Department of Homeland Security: Protecting the First Amendment and attorney-client privilege in immigration detention
This case challenges the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility practice of opening and retaining privileged legal documents transmitted to detained people, including documents given in-person by attorneys meeting with clients.
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Verite News: Mahmoud Khalil still detained in notorious Louisiana detention center as case is moved to New Jersey
Tags Share Following his arrest earlier this month, student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil remains detained in a notorious Louisiana ICE facility. Speaking with Verite News, attorney Anthony Enriquez calls out Louisiana’s rural, isolated ICE jails and the government’s practice of “forum shopping” immigration cases – arresting someone in a jurisdiction where the case law is
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USA Today: You say you’re American? You’d better be ready to prove it to police, ICE
Tags Share “President Donald Trump, an avowed fan of stop-and-frisk policing, now aims to take those practices national. His executive order requires federal law enforcement to treat a non-citizen’s failure to register or to carry proof of registration as a civil and criminal enforcement priority, punishable anywhere from one to six months in federal prison.” In
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