All Cases

68 Court Cases
Court Case
Apr 14, 2020
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

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.
Court Case
Dec 05, 2019
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf - Challenging Denial of Immigrants’ Access to Counsel

Court Case
Aug 21, 2019
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

I.A. v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration Limitation on Asylum for Migrants Passing Through Another Country en route to the U.S.

Court Case
Aug 06, 2019
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Make the Road New York v. McAleenan - Challenge to Trump Administration Expansion of “Expedited Removal” for Immigrants

Court Case
Jul 11, 2019
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  • Privacy|
  • +1 Issue

Weir v. United States - Challenging Inhumane Detention Conditions and Property Destruction by U.S. Coast Guard

Court Case
Aug 16, 2018
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU-DC v. Department of Justice - FOIA Re: Shackling Of Detainees In Court Appearances

Court Case
Aug 07, 2018
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Grace v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration’s Narrow Interpretation of Asylum Law

Court Case
Oct 05, 2017
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  • National Security/War on Terror|
  • +1 Issue

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.
Court Case
Aug 03, 2017
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  • Due Process/Procedural Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Almaqrami v. Blinken (formerly P.K. v. Tillerson) - Challenging Refusal To Process Certain Countries’ Nationals Who Won “Diversity Visa” Lottery