Immigration
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Reuters: US snubs UN meeting on its human rights record
Speaking with Reuters, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights senior staff attorney Sarah Decker denounces the United States’ unprecedented refusal to participate in a formal UN review process.
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The Intercept: New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
This new investigation into the Buffalo Federal Detention Center exposes deeply troubling human rights violations.
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Verite News: Can this Louisiana case be a thorn in Trump’s immigration detention plans?
Our client Carlos Ventura Martinez has returned home after more than four months in ICE detention in Louisiana.
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18-year-old New Yorker with special immigration status freed from Louisiana ICE facility after ICE defies court order
Tags Share November 3, 2025 – The National Immigration Project, ACLU of Louisiana, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the release of 18-year-old Carlos Guerra Leon after his unlawful, months-long detention in a Louisiana ICE facility. Guerra Leon was released on October 31 after a federal judge from the United States District Court
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The Guardian: Senators demand answers on ICE’s use of full-body restraints on deportees
Democratic Senators call for transparency and accountability about ICE’s use of the device
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share ICE’s Use of Full-Body Restraints During Deportations Raises Concerns Over Inhumane Treatment The AP identified multiple examples of ICE using the black-and-yellow full-body restraint device, the WRAP, in deportations. Its use was described to the AP by five people who said they were restrained in the device, sometimes for hours, on ICE deportation
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Guerra Leon v. Noem: Protecting abused and neglected youth from mandatory detention
Federal court holds the government cannot detain young person protected from removal under program for children abused and neglected by a parent.
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ABC News: Detention of minors after rollback of protections sparks concern from immigrant advocates
Detention of minors after rollback of protections sparks concern from immigrant advocates
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ICE Deports Man Claiming U.S. Citizenship to Laos Despite Federal Court Order
Tags Share BATON ROUGE – In a stunning violation of a federal court order, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported Chanthila Souvannarath, to Laos. Mr. Souvannarath, who has claims to American citizenship for over 20 years, is now detained in a foreign country despite a federal court ruling that recognized his substantial claim to
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Kostak v. Trump: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case before the Fifth Circuit defends a lower court decision holding that mandatory detention for arriving non-citizens does not apply to a long-time resident of the U.S.
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Univision: ICE informed her she was pregnant and kept her in detention for months
“In the five years that we’ve been going to ICE detention facilities, especially in Louisiana, we’ve never seen this number of pregnant women in detention.”
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Ventura Martinez v. Trump: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case before the Fifth Circuit defends a lower court decision holding that mandatory detention for arriving non-citizens does not apply to a long-time resident of the U.S.
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