Cases: Immigrant Justice

I.T. et al. v. United States (Family Separation)

Posted: September 20, 2022

Status: ACTIVE

Description Three indigenous Guatemalan families ripped apart under the family separation policy filed a lawsuit against the United States government. The plaintiffs join a group of, now, ninety-nine plaintiffs who …

Wilbur P.G. et al v. United States of America (Family Separation)

Posted: June 10, 2021

Status: ACTIVE

Description Three Bay Area families who were separated at the U.S.–Mexico border in 2018 filed suit this morning against the U.S. government seeking damages for the harm immigration officials inflicted …

Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings (Immigration Detention)

Posted: April 20, 2020

Status: CLOSED

A class action lawsuit against ICE for violating the constitutional rights of immigrants detained in Mesa Verde and Yuba County jails by keeping them in dangerous, crowded, unsanitary conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Doe v. Wolf (Border Patrol)

Posted: June 8, 2015

Status: CLOSED

A class action lawsuit filed against U.S. Customs and Border Protection for violating the constitutional rights of immigrants in their care, resulting in the permanent injunction that immigrants in CBP custody must have access to basic human needs.