November 09, 2017
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a Michigan federal court to order the release of nearly 300 Iraqi immigrants who are being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying that their detention violates the Immigration and Nationality Act and is unconstitutional.
September 22, 2017
The Trump administration has appealed to the Sixth Circuit a Michigan federal court's July decision to bar the deportation of more than a thousand Iraqi immigrants and giving them a chance to reopen their administrative cases on the grounds that their home country has become too hostile for their return.
July 24, 2017
A Michigan federal judge on Monday put a stop to the federal government's impending deportation of more than a thousand Iraqi immigrants, giving the recently detained people a chance to reopen their administrative cases on the grounds that Iraq has become too hostile for their return.
July 11, 2017
A Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that federal courts have the authority to hear the cases of 1,400 Iraqi immigrants with prior criminal convictions who were recently detained during immigration sweeps, citing the danger they would face were they to be immediately deported without trial.
June 27, 2017
A Michigan federal judge halted Monday the deportation of all Iraqi immigrants with prior criminal convictions who were recently detained during immigration sweeps across the United States, expanding an earlier stay that applied to Iraqi immigrants detained in Detroit.
June 23, 2017
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday stayed deportation for 100 Iraqi immigrants with prior criminal convictions recently detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who claim they face persecution in their home country, saying the court needs time to determine its authority in the matter.
June 16, 2017
More than 100 Iraqi immigrants who were recently arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have filed a lawsuit in Michigan federal court, claiming they face a real probability of persecution if they are removed to their home country