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Daniel M. Kowalski
13 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Letter to ICE: Release the Winners
Sept. 10, 2024 "Dear Secretary Mayorkas, Director Lechleitner, and Executive Associate Director Bible: We, the undersigned immigrant and civil rights organizations, legal services organizations, and law firms write to highlight our concerns with...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Federal Court Rules for Case to Move Forward in Challenging ICE’s “Extreme” Abdication of Responsibility Over Misappropriated Detention Funds
NJIC, Aug. 12, 2024 "A federal court in the Southern District of Indiana has ruled for the second time that individuals who suffered flooded cells and poor sanitation at the Clay County Jail can move forward with their lawsuit against Immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE Prisoner Locator Tool Improved; Now Find CBP Prisoners Too!
As reported by El Paso immigration law superstar Taylor Levy (@taylorklevy on X) on June 6, 2024 , the ICE Online Detainee [a.k.a. "prisoner"] Locator web tool has been improved to include those prisoners " currently in CBP custody for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Habeas Victory in Colorado: Andrade de Zarate v. Choate
Andrade de Zarate v. Choate "Ms. Andrade has been in custody at the Aurora Detention Facility for over 14 months. ... Ms. Andrade claims that her detention without a bond hearing has become unconstitutionally prolonged. ... [T]he Court finds that...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE Posts Wrong Numbers on Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Monitoring: TRAC
TRAC, Dec. 14, 2022 "ICE has informed TRAC that Alternatives to Detention (ATD) data previously released by the agency on several occasions between August 2022 and December 2022, as well as data previously released for FY 2022, was inaccurate....
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Garcia Ramirez v. ICE Settlement (Unlawful Detention, Immigrant Youth)
AIC, Sept. 7, 2022 "This lawsuit challenged Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) practice of transferring unaccompanied minors who turn 18 years old to adult custody in the agency’s contracted jails and prisons, without considering less...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Settlement Places Strict Limits on ICE Detention at ICA-Farmville
NIPNLG, July 6, 2022 "Today, a settlement agreement on claims for injunctive relief was reached in Santos Garcia et al. v. Wolf et al. , a case filed by the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC), and Gibson,...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE Directive Regarding Incompetent Detained Individuals (Apr. 5, 2022)
ICE, Apr. 5, 2022 Identification, Communication, Recordkeeping, and Safe Release Planning for Detained Individuals with Serious Mental Disorders or Conditions and/or Who Are Determined To Be Incompetent By An Immigration Judge
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Groundbreaking COVID-19 Settlement to Yield Protections for Immigrants Detained by ICE, Limit Re-detention for People Released
LCCRSF, Jan. 27, 2022 "Immigrants detained by ICE during the COVID-19 pandemic in two California detention facilities have reached a groundbreaking settlement agreement to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit against ICE and GEO, a private...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA9 (2-1) on Cal. AB 32: GEO Group v. Newsom
GEO Group v. Newsom "In 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill, AB 32, that phases out all private detention facilities within the state. But because of seasonal and other fluctuations in immigration, the United States Immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
"Age Out" Victory Against ICE: Garcia Ramirez v. ICE
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - "When minors lacking immigration status arrive in the United States without parents or other guardians, they are designated UACs and are placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE Directive: Identification and Monitoring of Pregnant, Postpartum, or Nursing Individuals (July 1, 2021)
ICE Directive 11032.4, July 1, 2021 "Superseded: ICE Directive I I 032.3 Identification and Monitoring of Pregnant Detainees (December 17, 2017) ICE Policy I 0070. I: Discretion for Nursing Mothers (November 7, 2007) This Directive sets forth...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
NJ Sup. Ct. on Pretrial Release, ICE Holds: State v. Molchor, Rios, Lopez-Carrera
State v. Molchor, Rios, Lopez-Carrerra "Here, the question before the Court affects a relatively small number of cases. All of them involve individuals who would not otherwise be detained as high-risk defendants. In other words, the cases involve...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE, Detention, COVID & GEO: Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings
CA9, Feb. 18, 2021, Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings "Plaintiffs, civil immigration detainees housed at Mesa Verde Detention Facility and Yuba County Jail (collectively, the Facilities), filed a class petition for writ of habeas corpus, and a class complaint...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA9 on Adelanto, ICE, Safety, Due Process: Roman v. Wolf
Roman v. Wolf "[W]e agree with the district court that the conditions at Adelanto in April violated detainees’ due process right to reasonable safety. ... the preliminary injunction order is affirmed in part and vacated in part, and the case is...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE COVID-19 Prisoner Protocol (Aug. 12, 2020)
ICE, Aug. 12,2020 "How does ICE screen new detainees for COVID-19? Effective June 4, 2020, ICE tests all new detainees who arrive at ICE-owned facilities for COVID-19 during the intake screening process. ICE houses all new arrivals separately...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
TVPRA Victory - Ramirez v. ICE
NIJC, July 2, 2020 "A federal court has ruled that the failure of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to consider less restrictive settings before transferring unaccompanied immigrant youth to ICE detention on their 18th birthdays...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE Officials Knew Dollar/Day Wages Lacked Congressional Authorization
Jacqueline Stevens, June 22, 2020 E-mail ICE Fought to Keep Secret for Six Years May Clinch Minimum Wage Claims against Private Prisons "For the last ten years I've been conducting research on the history and legality of Immigration and Customs...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
ICE Detention in Fla. Violates 5th, 8th Amendments: Gayle v. Meade
Gayle v. Meade "The Petitioners in this case are 34 immigrant detainees. Petitioners claim that they are housed at one of three immigration detention centers in Florida: the Krome Detention Center in Miami (“Krome”), the Broward Transitional Center...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Ongoing Litigation Over Migrants' Release Amid COVID-19
Kim Langona, Apr. 27, 2020 - A detailed description of federal court litigation in all states and DC, updated as of 4-27-20.
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Court Orders Custody Review of ICE Prisoners at Risk for C19
SPLC, Apr. 20, 2020 "A federal judge today ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to promptly revisit custody determinations, including consideration of release for all persons in ICE detention whose age or health conditions place them...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Groups Sue ICE Over Detained Immigrants in Texas
MALDEF, Apr. 15, 2020 "Civil rights groups are suing the federal government seeking the release of medically vulnerable immigrants held at three Texas detention centers, according to a lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Habeas Petition Filed in Colorado: Codner v. Choate
RMIAN, Arnold & Porter, NIPNLG, Apr. 14, 2020 " Medically-Vulnerable Immigrants Detained by ICE in Aurora, Colorado Seek Immediate Release Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic Detained Individuals File Urgent Petition for Release from Detention Center...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Ten Freed From Immigration Jail by Court Order: Thakker v. Doll
ACLU, Mar. 31, 2020 "A federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ruled today that federal immigration authorities must immediately release the ten people who sued for their release and who remain in detention in three county facilities in the...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Another Judge Orders Release of ICE Prisoners: Coronel v. Decker
Coronel v. Decker "Petitioners bring this writ of habeas corpus and complaint seeking immediate release from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS their motion for a temporary restraining...
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