A recent class-action lawsuit alleges that agents with the U.S. Border Patrol have committed acts of immigrant abuse against undocumented immigrants. The accusations of immigrant abuse also include holding immigrants in cells for days with no food, water or beds. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, the National Immigration Law […]
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that 72 percent of Americans favor allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. if they meet specific requirements. The poll asked more than 2,000 adults about their opinions on how issues surrounding undocumented immigrants should be handled. The survey also recorded answers to opinion-based questions […]
A federal appeals court refused an Obama Administration request to lift an injunction in the immigration lawsuit brought by 26 state attorneys general. The immigration lawsuit is seeking to repeal President Barack Obama’s executive orders, which they maintain are unconstitutional. The three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to keep an […]
A federal judge stated that an immigration detention policy intended to deter illegal immigrants is “likely unlawful.” U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote that the use of immigration detention facilities to influence other undocumented immigrants away from entering the country violated current immigration statutes. The decision stems from a lawsuit brought against the U.S. […]
A Wisconsin judge heard arguments in an immigration lawsuit filed by an immigrant rights group against Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. Voces de la Frontera (Voices of the Border) filed the immigration lawsuit last month alleging that Sheriff Clarke had disregarded their requests for immigration data his office submitted to the U.S. Office […]
The actions of both the current and former governors of Arizona have become the focus of a potential federal immigration lawsuit. The immigration lawsuit focuses on the state’s policy of denying driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants who qualify for deportation deferments. These immigrants also qualify for work permits, allowing them to work legally in the […]
A civil rights group has filed an immigration lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a private prison company. The suit was filed on behalf of three women who participated in a hunger strike to protest the prison’s policies. The suit alleges that ICE and GEO Group placed the women and their children in […]
The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild’s National Immigration Project have filed a federal lawsuit to open deportation records for thousands of immigrants. The lawsuit claims that up to one-third of deported immigrants are denied their right to due process. The groups call the process of sending these immigrants back to their […]
A Seattle-area federal judge issued an immigration ruling that could allow thousands of detainees to be released without bond. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled that the Department of Justice must retract a policy that required detained undocumented immigrants to post a bond before they could be released. The immigration ruling enforces a rule that […]
A federal judge has denied a request to lift an injunction preventing President Obama’s immigration orders from going into effect. Judge Andrew Hanen is currently hearing a lawsuit regarding brought by 26 state attorney’s general seeking to block those immigration orders. Judge Hanen created the injunction in February while hearing the states’ cases. The judge […]