By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 11:12am
This week, the ACLU Blog of Rights launched a 10-day blog series about the costs of immigration detention, both human and fiscal, and what needs to be done to ensure ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 4:53pm
Cheikh Diop was detained for 1,072 days — or nearly three years — while challenging the government's attempt to remove him to Senegal, a country he had ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 1:15pm
Earlier this week, our government deported yet another 26 individuals to Haiti — even though for many, deportation to Haiti remains a likely death sentence. ... Read More
Reverend Raymond Soeoth is a Christian minister who fled Indonesia with his wife after suffering persecution for their faith. When his asylum application was denied ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 1:12pm
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education issued an important guidance reminding educators that schoolhouse doors must be opened ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 12:25pm
On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that the government cannot lock up immigration detainees for prolonged periods of time without providing them a basic form ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 4:41pm
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday (PDF) that students who attend at least three years of high school in California and graduate are eligible ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 6:15pm
Today a federal appellate court in California today ruled that a lawsuit on behalf immigrants who have been detained for more than six months without bond hearings ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 4:23pm
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Today the ACLU released a new interview with Aleo Seh, a ... Read More
By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 8:59am
Today, the ACLU argued in federal court on behalf of Alexander Alli, Elliot Grenade, and a proposed class of immigrants who are being detained in Pennsylvania jails ... Read More
