As an immigration judge orders her release for the third time, Leqaa Kordia’s team is moving quickly to release her before DHS imposes another stay. The Palestine activist is the last Columbia student protester to remain in ICE detention.
Read more via Mondoweiss: One year after her arrest, a judge has ordered Leqaa Kordia to be released from ICE detention for the third time
A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group’s treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters — especially now.
Read more via Law Dork: SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group’s attempt at avoiding accountability
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Read more via PBS News: Judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities
In response to widespread community concern, the owner of a Hutchins, TX warehouse has said they “[have] not and will not enter into any agreement for the purchase or lease of any building to the Department of Homeland Security for use as a detention facility.”
Read more via WFAA ABC 8: Owner of North Texas warehouse says it won’t sell or lease to feds for ICE facility.
“The court finds that the government has substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion,” U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman said in his order.
Read more via the Clarion Ledger: Federal judge orders DHS to allow Ash Wednesday service for ICE detainees
“As reported by The Latin Times last month, authorities from Florida to Utah have tried to purchase properties that could be converted into detention centers capable of housing thousands of people. But while Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security have already managed to acquire several properties, in some places they have encountered strong resistance from communities, local officials and even property owners who have refused to sell, among other efforts” to block the construction of new detention centers in their areas.”
Read more via the Latin Times: Trump Administration Push to Expand ICE Detention Centers Faces Resistance From Local Lawmakers and Communities
A video caught a woman allegedly attempting to start a fire at a South Kansas City industrial property that was widely speculated to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.
Read more via AOL: Property Owner Will Not Sell Building Rumored As Possible ICE Facility After Woman Allegedly Tries To Set It Ablaze
“Emergency Ruling Reaffirms the Right and Duty of Members of Congress to Conduct Unannounced Inspections Amid Alarming Reports of Abuse”
Read more at Democracy Forward: Court Orders DHS to Restore Congressional Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities
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