Press Releases

Students Sue Florida International University for Violating their Right to Protest

Lawsuit was filed in response to the university’s disciplinary action against seven students who silently protested the university’s 287(g) agreement while wearing “ICE OFF FIU” t-shirts

New Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s Authority to Detain People at Notorious ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Facility represents a first-ever and unlawful use of 287(g) agreements to create a state-run immigration jail
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Justice

Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Seeking Justice for Woman Abused at a Florida Immigration Detention Center

The lawsuit details the sexual harassment and physical abuse she endured while held in immigration detention in Baker County
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Justice

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Florida’s Request to Enforce Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law

The Supreme Court maintained a lower court’s block of Florida’s discriminatory law targeting immigrants for arrest and detention, further extending an unbroken string of defeats for this type of law
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Justice