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Apr 14, 2020
Nora v. Wolf - Challenging the Policy of Deporting Immigrants to One of the Most Dangerous Regions in the World to Await Their Asylum Hearings
The ACLU-DC co-represents 26 asylum seekers—12 adults and their 14 minor children—who are unlawfully trapped in life-threatening conditions in Tamaulipas, Mexico, while they wait for their asylum proceedings in the United States to conclude.
Dec 05, 2019
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf - Challenging Denial of Immigrants’ Access to Counsel
Aug 21, 2019
I.A. v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration Limitation on Asylum for Migrants Passing Through Another Country en route to the U.S.
Aug 06, 2019
Make the Road New York v. McAleenan - Challenge to Trump Administration Expansion of “Expedited Removal” for Immigrants
Jul 11, 2019
Weir v. United States - Challenging Inhumane Detention Conditions and Property Destruction by U.S. Coast Guard
Aug 16, 2018
ACLU-DC v. Department of Justice - FOIA Re: Shackling Of Detainees In Court Appearances
Aug 07, 2018
Grace v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration’s Narrow Interpretation of Asylum Law
Oct 05, 2017
Doe v. Mattis - Challenge to Detention of U.S. Citizen in Iraq Without Legal Process
The petition filed by the ACLU and ACLU-DC seeks a court order permitting ACLU attorneys to meet with the “John Doe” detainee, forbidding interrogation of the detainee until the habeas petition is resolved, and requiring that the detainee be charged with a crime in regular federal court or released.
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