Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem
What's at Stake
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration on Feb. 12, 2025, for access to immigrants transferred from the United States to detention at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’s recent order.
Summary
The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Constitutional Rights, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), and ACLU of the District of Columbia filed the lawsuit on behalf of several plaintiffs, including the sister of one of the men being detained at Guantánamo, as well as four legal service providers — Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), American Gateways, and Americans for Immigrant Justice — seeking to meet with the people being detained in order to provide them with legal assistance.
The Trump administration has provided virtually no information about immigrants newly detained at Guantánamo, including how long they will be held there, under what authority and conditions, subject to what legal processes, or whether they will have any means of communicating with their families and attorneys.
Legal Documents
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02/12/2025
Complaint -
02/12/2025
Memorandum of Law in Support Of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center et. al v. Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Eucaris Carolina Gomez Lugo -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Angela Carolina Sequera -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Yajaira Del Carmen Castillo Rivera -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Jennifer Babaie, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Javier Hidalgo, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Edna Yang, American Gateways -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Paul R. Chavez, Americans for Immigrant Justice -
02/12/2025
Declaration of My Khanh Ngo -
02/12/2025
Declaration of Shayana Kadidal -
02/12/2025
Declaration of José G. Miranda
Date Filed: 02/12/2025
Court: District Court (D.D.C.)
Affiliate: Washington, D.C.
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Groups Sue Trump Administration for Access to Immigrants Sent from U.S. to Guantánamo Bay