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ANNOUNCEMENT: Major Legal Action To Combat COVID-19 Spread in ICE Detention Centers

WHAT: Phone-in press conference to announce a major legal action to combat COVID-19 spread in ICE detention centers located in California. The action will be brought by a coalition of attorneys from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco

April 21, 2020

ICE's Impersonation of Police Officers Challenged in Court

LOS ANGELES — The “police” officers at the door look the part: flak jackets, tactical gear, guns, and the word POLICE emblazoned on their outfits. They even announce they are “the police.” But they are not the police. They are U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents relying on deceptio

April 16, 2020

ACLU Sues ICE Over Conditions at Adelanto Center Rife for COVID-19

RIVERSIDE — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California and the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP have filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court to demand a drastic reduction in the number of detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center during the COVID-19

April 14, 2020

In Light of COVID-19, Court Overturns ICE’s Policies that Had Blocked Detainee/Lawyer Communication at Adelanto

Landmark Ruling Forces ICE to Allow Detainees Access to Confidential Phone Meetings

April 11, 2020

Court Orders ICE to Release Four Detained Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has ordered the release of four immigrants detained in two ICE detention centers in California on the grounds that their age and medical conditions make them especially vulnerable to the potentially fatal COVID-19 infection.

April 9, 2020

Ninth Circuit Upholds Injunction Requiring Bond Hearings for Immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a preliminary injunction in a class action lawsuit against the federal government filed by two Bay Area fathers who were denied bond hearings and held in ICE detention at the Contra Costa West County Detention Facility in Richmond.

April 7, 2020