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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
American Citizen Sues ICE for Unlawful Detention
NWIRP, June 11, 2021 "Today, Carlos Rios, a citizen of the United States since 2000, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking compensation for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
American Citizen Imprisoned by ICE for Three Weeks in Texas
Obed Manuel, Dallas Morning News, July 22, 2019 "An 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three weeks, his attorney says. Now...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Thousands of Immigrant Parents Detained - HRW Report
Human Rights Watch, May 15, 2017 - "New data analysis reveals that more than 10,000 parents of US citizen children are most likely detained every year in California by immigration authorities, Human Rights Watch said today. In light of new Trump...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
$20K Settlement for American Citizen Locked Up By ICE: Ocampo v. Harrington
NIJC, May 2, 2016 - "A U.S. citizen arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at his home in 2012 and held in immigration detention for seven days has been awarded $20,000 in damages as part of an agreed judgment entered by a federal...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
American Citizen Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against Feds for Illegal Detention, Profiling
"A federal court in Rhode Island has ruled that the ACLU can proceed with a lawsuit on behalf of a North Providence resident who has twice been held in prison as a deportable “alien” even though she is a U.S. citizen. The court ruling holds...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against ICE Over Illegal Detention of American Citizens
"Seeking to end the government’s practice of placing immigration holds on individuals without probable cause, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC), the National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), and the law firm...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
American Citizens: Bycatch in ICE Detainer Dragnets?
"Local law enforcement officials detained more than 800 U.S. citizens at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over a four-year period, according to an analysis of ICE statistics released by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Partial Victory for Illegally Detained US Citizen: Hernandez v. US
Hernandez v. US "In defending this appeal, the Government and the City point fingers at each other. The Government argues that the City was responsible for Hernandezʹs confinement and the City argues that it continued to detain Hernandez only...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Emergency Mandamus Filed in CA9; ICE Detains U.S. Citizen; District Court Fails to Act
"On May 30, 2012, Petitioner Esteban Tiznado-Reyna filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for preliminary injunction to the United States District Court of the District of Arizona. See Exhibit 1, Docket Report for 12-cv-01159-SRB-SPL...