March 31, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 180,000 people in the U.S., federal judges have fielded requests from individuals in immigration detention centers, which feature close quarters and allegedly shoddy medical services, to be temporarily released from custody.
March 19, 2020
A federal court in Seattle on Thursday shot down a bid by three civil rights nonprofits aiming to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release immigrants at a detention center in Washington state near the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.
March 16, 2020
Three civil rights nonprofits urged a federal court Monday to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release immigrants at a detention center in Washington state near the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., arguing that their lives are in danger.