Immigrants' Rights and Detention
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The 챬, 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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38 Immigrants' Rights and Detention Cases

Massachusetts
Mar 2020
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Rodas-Mazariegos et al. v. Moniz et al.
On March 25, 2020, the 챬 National Prison Project, 챬 Immigrants Rights Project, 챬 of Massachusetts, and the law firms of Demissie & Church and Graves & Doyle filed Rodas-Mazariegos et al v. Moniz et al in the District of Massachusetts, on behalf of immigrants detained at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The filing followed news that a federal judge ordered the release of a detained class member in the 챬’s Calderon v. Wolf suit in Plymouth County, citing the “extraordinary circumstances” of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Massachusetts
Mar 2020

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Rodas-Mazariegos et al. v. Moniz et al.
On March 25, 2020, the 챬 National Prison Project, 챬 Immigrants Rights Project, 챬 of Massachusetts, and the law firms of Demissie & Church and Graves & Doyle filed Rodas-Mazariegos et al v. Moniz et al in the District of Massachusetts, on behalf of immigrants detained at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The filing followed news that a federal judge ordered the release of a detained class member in the 챬’s Calderon v. Wolf suit in Plymouth County, citing the “extraordinary circumstances” of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Court Case
Mar 2020
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Dawson v. Asher
On March 16, 2020, the 챬 National Prison Project, 챬 Immigrants’ Rights Project, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed Dawson v. Asher in the Western District of Washington, on behalf of immigrants detained at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.
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Mar 2020

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Dawson v. Asher
On March 16, 2020, the 챬 National Prison Project, 챬 Immigrants’ Rights Project, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed Dawson v. Asher in the Western District of Washington, on behalf of immigrants detained at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.

Court Case
Mar 2020
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
U.T. v. Barr
The 챬, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Human Rights First filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policies regarding so-called “safe third country” agreements with Guatemala and other nations that force people fleeing for their lives to seek asylum in the same dangerous region they fled.
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Court Case
Mar 2020

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
U.T. v. Barr
The 챬, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Human Rights First filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policies regarding so-called “safe third country” agreements with Guatemala and other nations that force people fleeing for their lives to seek asylum in the same dangerous region they fled.

Court Case
Dec 2017
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Hernandez v. Barr
The federal government sets unreasonable bonds for detained immigrants, including asylum seekers, by failing to consider immigrants' financial resources or ability to pay, according to a federal class-action lawsuit
filed by the 챬 and the 챬 Foundation of Southern California (챬 SoCal).
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Dec 2017

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Hernandez v. Barr
The federal government sets unreasonable bonds for detained immigrants, including asylum seekers, by failing to consider immigrants' financial resources or ability to pay, according to a federal class-action lawsuit
filed by the 챬 and the 챬 Foundation of Southern California (챬 SoCal).

Court Case
Apr 2017
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Castro v. Department of Homeland Security
The 챬 filed habeas petitions on behalf of more than two dozen families who fled horrific violence and persecution in Central America and whose applications for asylum in the United States were denied after a cursory expedited review.
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Court Case
Apr 2017

Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Castro v. Department of Homeland Security
The 챬 filed habeas petitions on behalf of more than two dozen families who fled horrific violence and persecution in Central America and whose applications for asylum in the United States were denied after a cursory expedited review.