Immigration Enforcement

Immigration Enforcement

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Restoring Credibility and Humanity

A new framework for U.S. immigration enforcement that prioritizes public safety, fairness, accountability, and humane, proportionate consequences. Read More

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Complaint Urges Immediate Release of Infants from Immigration Detention

Complaint Urges Immediate Release of Infants from Immigration Detention

Numerous babies under the age of one—and some as young as six months old—are being detained in immigration detention at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Read More

Standards for Avoiding Deportation Cannot Be Shrouded in Secrecy

Standards for Avoiding Deportation Cannot Be Shrouded in Secrecy

We filed a FOIA request seeking statistical information, as well as policies and guidance, regarding Board of Immigration Appeals standards for issuing stays of removal. Because the government failed to respond, we're filing a lawsuit. Read More

Lawsuit Demands Government to Disclose Information About Unjust Deportations

Lawsuit Demands Government to Disclose Information About Unjust Deportations

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies have increased immigrants’ vulnerability to swift deportation, making the ability to access safeguard more important than ever. The American Immigration Council and the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law filed a lawsuit to disclose critical information about how the Board of Immigration Appeals interprets legal safeguards that would allow these individuals to seek reopening or reconsidering of their immigration cases, and prevent the irreparable harms that can result from deportation. Read More

Court Filing Seeks Information Regarding Retaliation Against Immigrants’ Rights Attorneys at Southern Border

Court Filing Seeks Information Regarding Retaliation Against Immigrants’ Rights Attorneys at Southern Border

The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the American Immigration Council filed a motion late last week seeking information regarding possible U.S. government harassment and retaliation against the leadership of the immigrants’ rights organization Al Otro Lado. Read More

Notices to Appear

Notices to Appear

This Practice Advisory provides legal and procedural arguments and strategies for attorneys representing noncitizens. Read More

Workers Detained in Massive Tennessee Immigration Raid Sue ICE

Workers Detained in Massive Tennessee Immigration Raid Sue ICE

Risky 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Faces Legal Challenges

Risky ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Faces Legal Challenges

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