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Apr 01, 2025
ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals Details on ICE’s Solitary Confinement Policy Directive
Disclosure on policy directive critical to future legal challenges defending immigrants subject to solitary confinement in detention
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: ACLU FOIA Suit for ICE’s Updated Solitary Confinement Policy
Jan 15, 2025
ACLU FOIA Litigation Continues to Disclose ICE Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide
More Information Disclosed as President-elect Donald Trump Prepares to Enact Mass Deportations on Day One
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Dec 04, 2024
Federal Judge Rejects Acquitted Man’s Argument That His Immigration Detention Is Unlawful
After the U.S. forcibly extradited Mr. Trabelsi from Belgium, he was held in solitary confinement in pretrial detention for almost 10 years
Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Trabelsi v. Crawford, et al. – Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
Nov 22, 2024
ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals New Information Regarding ICE’s Plans to Expand Immigration Detention in New Jersey
New information revealed as immigrants’ rights advocates prepare for potential mass deportation and detention program under the incoming Trump administration
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 28, 2024
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Government’s Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D...
Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Trabelsi v. Crawford, et al. – Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
Aug 26, 2024
New Report Exposes Rampant Abuse in Louisiana ICE Detention Facilities
Evidence gathered over two years reveals physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, deprivation of basic necessities, and lack of language access
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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