Pena Arita v. United States of America et al

  1. July 01, 2020

    Texas Court Frees US From Widow's Family Separation Suit

    A Texas federal judge freed the Trump administration from an asylum-seeker's suit alleging that its family separation policy led to her husband's suicide in government custody, finding that border agents' decisions to enforce the policy are shielded from judicial review.

  2. February 19, 2020

    Texas Jailers Must Face Suit In Migrant's Suicide, Wife Says

    The wife of an asylum-seeker who strangled himself in a Texas jail said detention officers and the county can't get out of her lawsuit because she has sufficiently supported her claims that his death was preventable and the officers are responsible.