FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2014 Contact: Matt Adams, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, 206-957-8611, matt@nwirp.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 212-549-2666; media@aclu.org SEATTLE – A federal court ruled late yesterday that a class of immigrants detained at the Tacoma-based Northwest Detention Center must be given bond hearings. The court's decision comes at the same...
Detained immigrants must have bond hearings, judge rules
The Seattle Times http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/03/detained-immigrants-must-have-bond-hearings-judge-rules/ A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot keep certain immigrants locked up at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma without granting them a bond hearing. The Department of Homeland Security routinely detain immigrants it apprehends for months, sometimes years –in one case a...
Frequently Asked Questions about the Asylum Clock Class Action Settlement
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November 5, 2013 Federal Judge Approves Settlement Agreement in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers On Monday, November 4, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones ordered the final approval of a nationwide class action settlement agreement. The settlement will help ensure that asylum seekers, who have...