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Sheikh v. Choate "Pending before the Court are the Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, ECF No. 1; Petitioner’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 3; and Petitioner’s Unopposed...

Diana G. Li, Stanford Law Review, April 2022 "It is well established that Congress wields plenary power over the admission of noncitizens at the border. But when the government removes noncitizens who have already entered the country, including...

Judah Lakin reports: "We ( Lakin & Wille and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus ) wanted to share some good news heading into the weekend. Judge Freeman issued a decision in our post-Preap as-applied challenge to 1226c for someone...

Mary Wood, Feb. 7, 2022 "With help from students in the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, an Afghan national who had been imprisoned for three years on a misdemeanor charge was recently freed on bond. Second...

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune, Jan. 14, 2022 - Texas judge opens door for widespread constitutional challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative Laurel Calkins, Bloomberg News, Jan. 13, 2022 - Texas Judge Rules Abbott’s Border Crackdown...

Jan. 10, 2022 Press Release "Immigrant Legal Defense and the University of Chicago Immigrants’ Rights Clinic have filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Omar Ameen seeking his immediate release from immigration custody...

Texas Tribune reporter Jolie McCulough (@jsmccullou) is hitting it out of the park covering this story, here and here . Topline from Monday: "Hundreds of migrants arrested under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ’s “catch and jail” border...

Judah Lakin writes: "We wanted to share an exciting decision we received on Friday from Judge Freeman in the Northern District of California on Friday granting our client a bond hearing. We, together with our co-counsel Jenny Zhao and Monica Ramsy...

Bello-Reyes v. Gaynor "This case requires us to consider whether the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Nieves v. Bartlett, 139 S. Ct. 1715 (2019), applies to a noncitizen’s claim that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”...

Aguasvivas v. Pompeo "The Dominican Republic requests Cristian Starling Aguasvivas for extradition. After a federal magistrate judge certified Aguasvivas as eligible for extradition, Aguasvivas filed a habeas corpus petition in the District of...

Velasco Lopez v. Decker "The Government appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Carter, J.), granting Carlos Alejandro Velasco Lopez’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Velasco...

Siahaan v. Madrigal "Siahaan did not commit a crime, nor did he cross the border illegally. He has lived here peacefully and productively for thirty years and is neither a flight risk nor a danger to the community. But ICE still wants to deport...

Onosamba-Ohindo v. Barr "Petitioners/plaintiffs Junior Onosamba-Ohindo (“Class Petitioner”) and Antonio Lopez Agustin (“Subclass Petitioner”) (collectively “Petitioners”) have filed a petition for a writ of habeas...

Aditi Shah, Lawfare, July 2, 2020 "On June 25, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, an asylum-seeker, does not have a constitutional right to habeas corpus review in federal court of his claims that the government violated...

Hassoun v. Searls "Petitioner Adham Amin Hassoun (“Petitioner”) is a civil immigration detainee currently housed at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (the “BFDF”) in Batavia, New York, who seeks a writ of habeas corpus...