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18 Court Cases
Court Case
Jun 16, 2020
Image: A stylized photo shows an outdoor area of a detention center with some benches and tables. It is surrounded by barbed wire and concertina wire. The camera's view is partially obscured by the barbed wire fencing.
  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +3 Issues

Manzo-Hernandez et al v. Juarez

A class-action challenge against the federal government over the illegal detention of material witnesses at the La Salle County Regional Detention Center in Encinal, Texas near Laredo.
Court Case
Jun 10, 2020
Image: A stylized photo shows a family, their backs to the camera, carrying backpacks and walking along the international bridge between Matamoros in Mexico and Brownsville, TX.

  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

G.Y.J.P. (a minor child) v. Wolf

A complaint is on behalf of G.Y.J.P., a 13-year-old girl from El Salvador, who attempted to seek asylum in the U.S. but was quickly deported without due process.
Court Case
May 21, 2020
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  • Justice System and Carceral Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Daniels et al v. Brown

A class action lawsuit against Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown asking that the Dallas County Jail follow the social distancing guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Court Case
May 12, 2020
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez
  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Gómez et al v. USA & Barrera

A lawsuit on behalf of the family of a 20-year-old Guatemalan woman who was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent in May 2018.
Court Case
Apr 16, 2020
ACLU: Share image
  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Nora et al v. Wolf

A federal lawsuit on behalf of 26 asylum seekers — 12 adults and their 14 minor children — who are unlawfully trapped in life-threatening conditions in Tamaulipas, Mexico while they wait on their asylum cases to proceed in the U.S.
Court Case
Apr 09, 2020
Image: A stylized photo shows men wearing uniforms that say "Jail" on their backs. They sit around tables in a carceral facility
  • Justice System and Carceral Reform|
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Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff

A federal class-action lawsuit against Dallas County and Sheriff Marian Brown seeking the immediate release of anyone over the age of 50 and those who are most vulnerable to contracting the COVID-19 virus.
Court Case
Apr 08, 2020
ICE person in a detention building
  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Vazquez Barrera et al v. Wolf et al

A class-action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal officials on behalf of immigrants detained at the ICE Montgomery Processing Center (MPC), all of whom are highly vulnerable to serious illness or death from COVID-19.
Court Case
Feb 05, 2020
Know Your Rights: When ICE comes to your door
  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

ACLU Foundation of Texas v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security & ICE

A lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for failing to respond to the ACLU of Texas’ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding an ICE raid at a factory in Allen, Texas.
Court Case
Mar 15, 2018
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  • Border and Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Damus v. Department of Homeland Security

A federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.