New Class Action Suit Challenging Immigrant Detention

In a class-action lawsuit, the American Civil Liberties Union of Los Angeles charges that Immigration and Customs Enforcement routinely ignores a Supreme Court decision that immigrants cannot be held longer than six months without being given a chance to be freed on bond. Last week, the civil liberties group asked U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter to order the immediate release of four plaintiffs named in the suit, including Soeoth, 38. Two others were recently released. “These people have been kept away from their families, their communities and their lives for years … without even a hearing to determine if their prolonged detention is justified,” said ACLU staff attorney Ahilan Arulanantham. The complete L.A. Times article about the suit can be viewed by clicking here.

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