By Nathan Hale, Law 360 Detainees at three Florida facilities have slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s bid to escape an order requiring it to improve conditions and limit transfers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the Florida federal court’s ruling was justified and more recent events only reinforce that conclusion. Responding Monday to ICE’s motion for reconsideration of the June …
ICE asks federal judge to undo court order that mandates masks and soap, limits transfers
By Monique O. Madan, The Miami Hearald U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked a federal judge to undo an order she issued last month requiring the agency to give soap, cleaning supplies and masks to detainees at three South Florida detention centers. The June 6 mandate — which also strictly limits ICE transfers to other facilities and bars COVID-19-positive …
South Florida ICE case on the release of detained immigrants to go to trial
By Monique O. Madan, the Miami Herald A Miami federal judge has set a trial date in January for a case involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and immigrants held at three South Florida detention centers amid the coronavirus pandemic. In court documents filed late Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke set trial for Jan. 19, 2021, and said evidence …
ICE unlawfully jails unaccompanied migrant children once they turn 18, judge rules
By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post A federal judge ruled Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has unlawfully transferred thousands of unaccompanied children who turned 18 to adult detention facilities without considering alternatives, in violation of a 2013 law. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras of Washington, D.C., said he will order changes “in the near future” after a …
‘My child’s freedom is tied to my own.’ For DACA parents, court ruling brought tears of joy
BY LAUTARO GRINSPAN, Miami Herald Despite the favorable ruling last week, Cheryl Little, executive director of the Miami-based Americans for Immigrant Justice, said in a statement that Dreamers had “little time to breathe easy.” That’s because on June 19, just a day after the Supreme Court announced its decision, a Trump tweet indicated the administration was committed to “submitting enhanced papers” to …
ICE keeps transferring detainees around the country, leading to COVID-19 outbreaks
By Lisa Riordan Seville and Hannah Rappleye, NBC News The immigrants began to show symptoms in late April, about a week after arriving at the Rolling Plains Detention Center in Haskell, Texas. They had been held in dorms with other recent transfers, according to a county official. First three detainees tested positive for COVID-19. Then 20 more. As of Friday, …
#Breaking: SCOTUS on DACA
SCOTUS decided President Trump’s cancellation of the DACA Program was unjustified.
ICE Detainees Win Class Status For Covid-19 Confinement Suit
By Porter Wells, Bloomberg Law Immigration detainees at three facilities in Miami who say ICE has been unconstitutionally indifferent to their risks of contracting Covid-19 may pursue their claims as a class, the Southern District of Florida ruled. The certified class, calculated to be about 1,400 individuals, will be comprised of all civil immigration detainees held by Immigration and Customs …
Despite the pandemic, citizenship applications and other immigration procedures are being processed
UNIVISION 10 May 2020 – 05:52 PM EDT The director of the AI Justice Family Defense Program, Adonia Simpson, explains the immigration procedures that can be carried out and continue in this time of pandemic. View the video here.
Fed. Judge Orders ICE To Reduce Fla. Detainee Population
By Carolina Bolado Law360 (May 1, 2020, 2:12 PM EDT) — A Florida federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday to significantly reduce the number of people in its custody at three Florida facilities because of the COVID-19 pandemic and to hand out soap, cleaning materials and masks to all detainees. U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke ordered ICE to …