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Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025
New Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Widespread Denial of Due Process in Immigration Courts
The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit in federal court to challenge the widespread denial of bond hearings to people detained by ICE.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 05, 2025
Sep 05, 2025
Federal Court Declares Noncitizen’s Detention Under Laken Riley Act Unconstitutional
In what appears to be the first decision to address mandatory detention under the Laken Riley Act, a federal judge in Boston ruled today that detaining an individual solely on the basis of his prior arrest violates due process.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 10, 2025
Jul 10, 2025
Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order, Certifies Nationwide Class Protecting All Impacted Babies
Yet another court ruling affirms that the U.S. Constitution gives citizenship equally to all babies born in the United States — regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025
Groups File Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
Immigrants rights’ advocates filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 09, 2025
May 09, 2025
Rümeysa Öztürk To Be Freed from Detention as Case Proceeds
More than six weeks after the Trump administration arrested and detained her because of an op-ed, a federal court ordered the release of Rümeysa Öztürk.
Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025
Appeals Court to Consider Stay of Rümeysa Öztürk’s Transfer to Vermont
We are ready to argue her case before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and we won’t stop fighting until she is free.
Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025
Court Rules Rümeysa Öztürk’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont and Orders ICE to Transfer Her Back to New England
With this ruling, a federal court has rightfully reaffirmed that Rümeysa Öztürk’s case belongs in Vermont — significantly closer to her friends, community, and counsel.
Apr 04, 2025
Apr 04, 2025
Court Rules Rümeysa Öztürk’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont
The Court rightfully, and with appropriate urgency, rejected the Trump administration’s attempted manipulation to move Rümeysa Öztürk’s case to Louisiana.
Apr 03, 2025
Apr 03, 2025
Court hears arguments on the unconstitutional ICE detention of Rümeysa Öztürk
Members of Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team argued before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston that Ms. Öztürk’s challenge to her unlawful detention and attempted deportation.
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