Immigration Detention Conditions
Gomez Ruiz, et al. v. ICE
Seven people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sued the Trump administration over inhumane conditions at California鈥檚 largest immigration detention center, the privately owned California City Detention Facility located in Kern County.
The lawsuit, Gomez Ruiz, et al. v. ICE, was filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California and seeks to redress violations of the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs are represented by the Prison Law Office, Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, the 老熟女午夜福利, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
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Florida
Aug 2025
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C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants鈥� rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida鈥檚 new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee.
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Florida
Aug 2025
Immigration Detention Conditions
C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants鈥� rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida鈥檚 new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee.
Court Case
Oct 2024
Immigration Detention Conditions
Detention and Deportation Infrastructure FOIA Cases
Every year, ICE and other federal agencies spend billions of taxpayer dollars on a system to detain and deport immigrants. The people detained in this system face persistent medical neglect, abuse, and other violations. President Trump has threatened to dramatically expand this system, which will multiply the harms it causes. We鈥檝e sued to obtain information about how this system operates so that we are better prepared to defend immigrants whose rights are under attack.
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Oct 2024
Immigration Detention Conditions
Detention and Deportation Infrastructure FOIA Cases
Every year, ICE and other federal agencies spend billions of taxpayer dollars on a system to detain and deport immigrants. The people detained in this system face persistent medical neglect, abuse, and other violations. President Trump has threatened to dramatically expand this system, which will multiply the harms it causes. We鈥檝e sued to obtain information about how this system operates so that we are better prepared to defend immigrants whose rights are under attack.
Maryland
Mar 2020
Immigration Detention Conditions
Coreas v. Bounds
On March 24, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, the ACLU of Maryland, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the Capital Area Immigrants Rights (CAIR) Coalition filed Coreas v. Bounds on behalf of immigrants detained at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Maryland.
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Maryland
Mar 2020
Immigration Detention Conditions
Coreas v. Bounds
On March 24, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, the ACLU of Maryland, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the Capital Area Immigrants Rights (CAIR) Coalition filed Coreas v. Bounds on behalf of immigrants detained at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Maryland.
Pennsylvania
Mar 2020
Immigration Detention Conditions
Thakker v. Doll
On March 24, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, ACLU of Pennsylvania, and Dechert, LLP, filed Thaker v. Doll in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, on behalf of immigrants held in civil detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at York County Prison, Clinton County Correctional Facility, and Pike County Correctional Facility.
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Pennsylvania
Mar 2020
Immigration Detention Conditions
Thakker v. Doll
On March 24, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, ACLU of Pennsylvania, and Dechert, LLP, filed Thaker v. Doll in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, on behalf of immigrants held in civil detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at York County Prison, Clinton County Correctional Facility, and Pike County Correctional Facility.