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DOJ: Giving Toddlers Lawyers in Immigration Court Would 'Destroy the Framework' of System
Posted on 28 Mar 2016 by Daniel M. Kowalski

June Williams, Courthouse News, Mar. 24, 2016 - "A government attorney told a federal judge Thursday that appointing attorneys for all children facing deportation would "destroy the framework of the immigration system." The Justice Department... Read More

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10 Shots Across the Border
Posted on 7 Mar 2016 by Daniel M. Kowalski

Mark Binelli, New York Times Magazine, Mar. 3, 2016 - "The subject who was hit was ... a 16-year-old resident of Nogales, Mexico, named José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, who was on the Mexican side of the border. He had been shot 10 times... Read More

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Blog Post: Border Patrol Sued for Excessive Force: 200 Lb. Agent Throws 100 Lb. Disabled U.S. Citizen to the Ground, Cuffs Her

Daniel M. Kowalski

"The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit against what the advocacy group claims are egregious abuses of power within the ranks of border law enforcement. The suit, filed in the Brownsville office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleges that a Customs...

on 22 Oct 2013
Blog Post: Groups Sue Feds Over Failure to Provide Lawyers for Kids in Immigration Court

Daniel M. Kowalski

"The American Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Council, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Public Counsel, and K&L Gates LLP today filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of children who are challenging the federal government's failure to provide them with...

on 9 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Judge Orders Attorney Access to Refugee Kids in Arizona Immigration Jail

Daniel M. Kowalski

"On July 10, 2014, prompted by the government’s initial response to the large influx of unaccompanied alien children6 (“unaccompanied children” or “UAC”) and families – many from El Salvador – who have recently been apprehended along the United States border...

on 18 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Why We Are Suing the Government

Daniel M. Kowalski

"American Immigration Council Executive Director Ben Johnson explains why the Council has filed lawsuits against the federal government." - American Immigration Council, Aug. 28, 2014 .

on 29 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Obama's Intimidation of Refugee Moms, Kids

Daniel M. Kowalski

"The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's policy of locking up asylum-seeking mothers and children to intimidate others from coming to the United States. The case was brought on behalf of mothers and children who...

on 17 Dec 2014
Blog Post: Inside Obama's Family Deportation Mill

Daniel M. Kowalski

"This past summer, the "border kids"— tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras detained after crossing into the United States—became the country's latest immigration crisis. Aid groups mobilized, Congress held hearings , and pleas...

on 21 Dec 2014
Blog Post: 95 Years Ago: Palmer Raids Target Immigrants

Daniel M. Kowalski

"At the end of World War I, anxiety in Europe and the U.S. over an emerging Bolshevik government in Russia all but overshadowed Allied victory. Known in America as the Red Scare, this fear of world communism often expressed itself as xenophobia, racism and the suppression of organized labor. In...

on 6 Jan 2015
Blog Post: Court Enjoins 'Deterrence' Theory on Immigration Court Bonds for Refugee Moms, Kids

Daniel M. Kowalski

"A federal court today granted a preliminary injunction putting an immediate halt to the Obama administration's policy of locking up asylum-seeking mothers and children as a way to deter others from coming to the United States. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the case on behalf of...

on 21 Feb 2015
Blog Post: Class Action Challenges Tucson Border Patrol Detention Practices

Daniel M. Kowalski

"Tucson Sector Border Patrol holds men, women, and children in freezing, overcrowded, and filthy cells for extended periods of time in violation of the U.S. Constitution, a group of legal organizations allege in a class-action lawsuit filed Monday. The class-action suit, which was filed on behalf...

on 11 Jun 2015
Blog Post: ICE, Nashville Cops Settle Warrantless Immigration Raid Lawsuit: Escobar v. Gaines

Daniel M. Kowalski

"The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of a warrantless raid in Nashville, Tennessee, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers. ICE and MNPD agreed to pay $310,000...

on 29 Jul 2015
Blog Post: Notice of Proposed Settlement & Hearing in 'Reasonable Fear Determination' Class Action: Alfaro Garcia v. Johnson

Daniel M. Kowalski

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND HEARING IN CLASS ACTION INVOLVING DETAINED NON-CITIZENS WHO ARE AWAITING A “REASONABLE FEAR DETERMINATION” ALFARO GARCIA, ET AL. V. JOHNSON, ET AL., Case No. 4:14-cv-01775-YGR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA...

on 27 Aug 2015
Blog Post: Record of Abuse: Lawlessness and Impunity in Border Patrol's Interior Enforcement Operations

Daniel M. Kowalski

ACLU, Oct. 15, 2015 - " Government records obtained by the ACLU shed new light on Border Patrol’s vast interior enforcement operations, most of which occur far from any international border. Though Border Patrol says these operations are “safe, efficient, and cost-effective,” the...

on 19 Oct 2015
Blog Post: 10 Shots Across the Border

Daniel M. Kowalski

Mark Binelli, New York Times Magazine, Mar. 3, 2016 - "The subject who was hit was ... a 16-year-old resident of Nogales, Mexico, named José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, who was on the Mexican side of the border. He had been shot 10 times from behind; an autopsy later revealed that gunshot...

on 7 Mar 2016
Blog Post: DOJ: Giving Toddlers Lawyers in Immigration Court Would 'Destroy the Framework' of System

Daniel M. Kowalski

June Williams, Courthouse News, Mar. 24, 2016 - "A government attorney told a federal judge Thursday that appointing attorneys for all children facing deportation would "destroy the framework of the immigration system." The Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union battled...

on 28 Mar 2016
Blog Post: CBP Pays $475K to Settle Suit Over Illegal Cavity Search of American Citizen at Border

Daniel M. Kowalski

ACLU, July 21, 2016 - "Today, the ACLU of Texas and the ACLU of New Mexico announced a record settlement in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) paid a New Mexico woman $475,000 for illegally subjecting her to vaginal and anal searches after she was detained at the Cordova Bridge point...

on 22 Jul 2016
Blog Post: Advocate for Immigrants Named 2016 MacArthur Fellow - Ahilan Arulanantham

Daniel M. Kowalski

MacArthur Foundation, Sept. 21, 2016 - Ahilan Arulanantham, Human Rights Lawyer , Director of Advocacy and Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Los Angeles, California "Ahilan Arulanantham is an attorney working to secure the right to due process for individuals...

on 22 Sep 2016
Blog Post: Class Action Lawsuit Claims Delays in Immigration Courts: Cancino Castellar v. Kelly

Daniel M. Kowalski

ACLU San Diego, Mar. 10, 2017 ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Against DHS Challenging Months–Long Delays in Bringing Detained Immigrants, Asylum Seekers Before Judges Thousands Are Incarcerated For Months In Remote Facilities Waiting To See A Judge "The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial...

on 11 Mar 2017

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DOJ: Giving Toddlers Lawyers in Immigration Court Would 'Destroy the Framework' of System
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DOJ: Giving Toddlers Lawyers in Immigration Court Would 'Destroy the Framework' of System Posted on 28 Mar 2016 by Daniel M. Kowalski

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Blog Post: Border Patrol Sued for Excessive Force: 200 Lb. Agent Throws 100 Lb. Disabled U.S. Citizen to the Ground, Cuffs Her

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DOJ: Giving Toddlers Lawyers in Immigration Court Would 'Destroy the Framework' of System
Posted on 28 Mar 2016 by Daniel M. Kowalski

10 Shots Across the Border
Posted on 7 Mar 2016 by Daniel M. Kowalski