Immigration
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Quarterly Investor Risk Briefs for Private Prison Companies Geo Group and CoreCivic
Our quarterly investor risk briefs highlight timely risks for shareholders in GEO Group and CoreCivic.
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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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WUSA 9: Maryland man released after federal judge rules Trump administration detained him unconstitutionally
After over four months of detention, our client Carlos Ventura Martinez is free.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Pregnant Women Describe Miscarrying and Bleeding Out While in ICE Custody, Advocates Say Over a dozen women told advocates and their attorneys that they suffered mistreatment and neglect while they were pregnant and held in immigration custody, including “medical neglect” and substandard care during pregnancy and miscarriage, such as being shackled, placed in
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Spectrum News NY1: Ukrainian describes detention at 26 Federal Plaza
50-year-old Larysa Kostak had lived in Brooklyn for almost 20 years when she was arrested at a routine immigration hearing in June.
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