Updated:
March 11, 2021

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reunite an asylum-seeking mother and her 7-year-old daughter fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, only to be forcibly torn from each other in the U.S. and detained separately 2,000 miles apart.
The lawsuit cites violations of the Constitution’s due process clause, federal law protecting asylum seekers, and of the government’s own directive to keep families intact. "Ms. L" and her daughter were reunited in March 2018, though the national class-action lawsuit in this case continues.
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Status Report
ORDER - Ms. L order to enforce PI
Ms L v ICE - Plaintiffs' Reply Supporting Motion to Enforce PI
Ms L v ICE - Status Report 9 11 19
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO ALLOW PARENTS DEPORTED WITHOUT THEIR CHILDREN TO TRAVEL TO US
Order and Dial-In Info for Sept. 20 hearing