Abuse of Immigration 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.
Status: Ongoing
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5 Abuse of Immigration Detention Cases
Florida
Aug 2025
Abuse of Immigration Detention
M.A. v. Guthrie
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Florida
Aug 2025
Abuse of Immigration Detention
C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee.
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Florida
Aug 2025
Abuse of Immigration Detention
C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee.
Court Case
Jul 2025
Abuse of Immigration Detention
Nyynkpao Banyee v. Pamela Bondi, et al
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Jul 2025
Abuse of Immigration Detention
Nyynkpao Banyee v. Pamela Bondi, et al
Court Case
Jul 2015
Abuse of Immigration Detention
RILR v. Johnson
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a preliminary injunction that puts an immediate halt to the government's policy of locking up mothers and children from Central America – all of whom have been found to have legitimate asylum claims – in order to send a message to other migrants that they should not come to the U.S.
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Jul 2015
Abuse of Immigration Detention
RILR v. Johnson
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a preliminary injunction that puts an immediate halt to the government's policy of locking up mothers and children from Central America – all of whom have been found to have legitimate asylum claims – in order to send a message to other migrants that they should not come to the U.S.
Court Case
Jan 2015
Abuse of Immigration Detention
Rivera v. Holder
Rivera v. Holder is a class action lawsuit filed in Washington State challenging the immigration courts’ policy of refusing to release immigrants from detention unless they post a minimum $1,500 bond. The result of this policy is that indigent and low-income immigrants stay locked-up—at taxpayer expense—even when they pose no danger to anyone, and can be effectively supervised in the community.
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Jan 2015
Abuse of Immigration Detention
Rivera v. Holder
Rivera v. Holder is a class action lawsuit filed in Washington State challenging the immigration courts’ policy of refusing to release immigrants from detention unless they post a minimum $1,500 bond. The result of this policy is that indigent and low-income immigrants stay locked-up—at taxpayer expense—even when they pose no danger to anyone, and can be effectively supervised in the community.