Immigrants' Rights and Detention
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
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40 Immigrants' Rights and Detention Cases
Court Case
Apr 2013
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Disability Rights
Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder
Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder is a class action lawsuit in the Central District of California brought on behalf of immigration detainees with mental disabilities in Arizona, California, and Washington.
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Court Case
Apr 2013
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Disability Rights
Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder
Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder is a class action lawsuit in the Central District of California brought on behalf of immigration detainees with mental disabilities in Arizona, California, and Washington.
Court Case
Jan 2013
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Disability Rights
Lyttle v. United States
Mark Daniel Lyttle is a U.S.-born citizen with mental disabilities who was unlawfully detained and deported to Mexico in 2008. His detention and deportation occurred despite substantial evidence available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of his U.S. citizenship and mental disabilities, and despite his own claims of U.S. citizenship.
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Court Case
Jan 2013
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Disability Rights
Lyttle v. United States
Mark Daniel Lyttle is a U.S.-born citizen with mental disabilities who was unlawfully detained and deported to Mexico in 2008. His detention and deportation occurred despite substantial evidence available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of his U.S. citizenship and mental disabilities, and despite his own claims of U.S. citizenship.
New Jersey
Jan 2013
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Immigrants' Rights
Gayle v. Napolitano
Gayle v. Napolitano is a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of hundreds of immigrants in New Jersey subject to mandatory immigration detention. The lawsuit challenges the federal government's policy of locking up immigrants in deportation proceedings without any chance for release on bail, even when they have strong arguments that they have a right to continue living in the United States.
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New Jersey
Jan 2013
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Immigrants' Rights
Gayle v. Napolitano
Gayle v. Napolitano is a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of hundreds of immigrants in New Jersey subject to mandatory immigration detention. The lawsuit challenges the federal government's policy of locking up immigrants in deportation proceedings without any chance for release on bail, even when they have strong arguments that they have a right to continue living in the United States.
Court Case
Sep 2011
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
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Minneci v. Pollard
Whether private prison officials can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of federal prisoners?
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Court Case
Sep 2011
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
+2 Issues
Minneci v. Pollard
Whether private prison officials can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of federal prisoners?
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
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Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
+2 Issues
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.