Press Releases

Court Orders Release of Six Detainees at Risk of Death from COVID-19

LOS ANGELES — Today, U.S. District Court ordered the release of six people detained at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County with medical conditions making them highly vulnerable to serious illness and death if infected with COVID-19. The release was ordered by Judge Terry J. Hatte
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Lawsuit Demands Release of Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19

LOS ANGELES — Today, six people detained at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County with medical conditions that make them highly vulnerable to serious illness and death if infected with COVID-19 filed a lawsuit in federal court against U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Legal Organizations Fight New ICE Policy Blocking Meetings with Detainees

LOS ANGELES — Immigrants in detention centers have a long-established legal right to meet with attorneys, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center have issued a new policy that essentially bans those visits.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Takes Action Against Orange County for Unlawful Transfers to ICE

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California today filed administrative complaints against Orange County and the cities of Huntington Park and Tustin for unlawfully interrogating people about their immigration status and detaining them for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Fight to Uphold the California Values Act in Local Cities Heads to Court

SANTA ANA — On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the law firm Latham & Watkins will be in court to appeal a ruling that allowed the City of Huntington Beach to ignore
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Federal Court Rules ICE's Primary Deportation Program Unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES — In a landmark ruling addressing the legality of ICE's signature deportation program, Secure Communities, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction blocking the agency from issuing arrest requests based solely on error-ridden electronic databases. The ruling also enjoins ICE from
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights