Immigration
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The Intercept: Teen Immigrant’s Release Propels Lawsuit to End ICE’s Courthouse Arrests
Tags Share A Buffalo teen arrested outside of his asylum hearing has been released after a judge ruled his arrest was unlawful. Following this victory, the New York Civil Liberties Union and other organizations are suing the Trump administration to end courthouse arrests nationwide. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff attorney Sarah Gillman said, “We…
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Savane v. Francis: Stopping the expansion of mandatory detention
This case challenges the mandatory detention of Ousmane Savane, a 22-year-old asylum seeker. Under a new interpretation of an old law that was previously applied only to people seeking admission at the border, the U.S. government claims that people like Ousmane, who have resided for years in the United States, must be locked in mandatory…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share These Civil Rights Advocates Toured Louisiana ICE Detention Centers. Here’s What They Saw. In late July, officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provided access to three detention centers they operate in Louisiana to a group of about 20 civil rights advocates. Their tour included the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, located on…
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Kerry Kennedy for Newsweek: Your Financial Portfolio Might Be Funding Immigration Prisons
Tags Share Kerry Kennedy and the ACLU’s Alanah Odoms describe the growing humanitarian crisis occurring in ICE detention centers, and how many people might be unknowingly contributing to it through their investment portfolios. The article urges readers to divest from this “cruel detention network.” Read the full story here.
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News4JAX: A man spent 88 days in solitary confinement at the Baker County ICE detention center. His experience led to a lawsuit
Tags Share Two immigrants are suing Florida’s Baker County Detention Center, alleging abuse in solitary confinement. Guillermo Serrabi says officers pressured him to sign deportation papers, assaulted him, and denied medical care during 88 days in isolation. A second lawsuit, filed by “Ana Doe,” claims she was punished after requesting menstrual products and strapped into…
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New lawsuit demands public records on evidence-based alternatives to immigration detention
Tags Share New York, NY, August 11, 2025 – Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed a federal lawsuit seeking answers as to why the Trump administration funneled billions in taxpayer dollars to private prison executives for expansion of immigration detention while at the same time quietly dismantling a cheaper, community-based national program that…
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Louisiana Illuminator: These civil rights advocates toured Louisiana ICE detention centers. Here’s what they saw.
Tags Share In late July, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave civil rights advocates access to three of Louisiana’s nine detention centers, including the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Alexandria that is now a hub for transfers from across the country. Advocates say the facilities, ringed with barbed wire and run like prisons, reveal…
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Louisiana Illuminator, ‘The Light Switch’ podcast: Inside ICE’s Louisiana detention centers
Tags Share Last month, a group of civil rights advocates toured three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Louisiana, part of a network of nine facilities that have processed tens of thousands of people this year under President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown. Among those on the tour were Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share ‘Horrific’: Report Reveals Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children at US ICE Facilities A new report has found hundreds of reported cases of human rights abuses in US immigration detention centers. The alleged abuses uncovered include deaths in custody, physical and sexual abuse of detainees, mistreatment of pregnant women and children, inadequate medical care, overcrowding and…
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RFK Human Rights v. United States Department of Homeland Security: Defending humane and effective alternatives to immigration detention
This case under the Freedom of Information Act seeks answers to questions about the unprecedented expansion of taxpayer funding for immigration detention that occurred in 2025. Specifically: why did the federal government end a program that returned a 100% immigration court appearance rate without detention or surveillance and was 90% cheaper than detention? Why did…
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Democrat and Chronicle: ICE detention center guards in Batavia NY used force improperly: audit
Tags Share Recent federal audits reveal that guards at an ICE immigration detention center in upstate New York improperly used force against individuals held there. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Director of Strategic U.S. Litigation Sarah Gillman said, “The inappropriate use of force that was found in the audit are consistent with what the people…
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RFK Human Rights, Adasina, and FreeCap release new investor risk briefs ahead of GEO Group and CoreCivic Q2 earnings calls
Tags Share New York, NY, August 5, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Adasina Social Capital and FreeCap Financial today released their Q2 investor risk briefs, detailing growing financial liabilities for shareholders of GEO Group and CoreCivic. These reports highlight recent facility closures, heightened scrutiny from regulators, and new and recently decided lawsuits regarding…
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