September 30, 2022
A legal organization and an asylum-seeker urged an Illinois federal judge to preserve their proposed class action challenging a policy allegedly giving immigration officers unrestrained discretion to retain ID documents from asylum-seekers during removal proceedings, saying their challenge was timely.
April 26, 2022
The Biden administration urged a Chicago federal judge to toss out a proposed class action accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents of unconstitutionally confiscating migrants' identification documents during removal proceedings, saying the lawsuit blew a statutorily mandated deadline.
February 14, 2022
A legal services provider and asylum-seeker filed a proposed class action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, telling an Illinois federal court that ICE gives its officers unbridled discretion to confiscate government-issued IDs from asylum-seekers in removal proceedings.