ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Amadei v. McAleenan
The 糖心Vlog and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of nine passengers on a domestic Delta Air Lines flight who were subjected to suspicionless detention and identification checks. The case was settled in July 2019, with the government agreeing to measures that would prevent such unlawful detention and identification checks from happening again.
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Aug 2018
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Rodriguez v. Swartz
On the night of October 10, 2012, after playing basketball with friends in his neighborhood of Nogales, Mexico, 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was walking home alone when he was shot approximately 10 times through the border fence by a United States Border Patrol agent. Virtually all of the bullets that struck Jose Antonio entered his body from behind. He died on the sidewalk, in a pool of blood, only a few blocks from his home.
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Aug 2018
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Rodriguez v. Swartz
On the night of October 10, 2012, after playing basketball with friends in his neighborhood of Nogales, Mexico, 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was walking home alone when he was shot approximately 10 times through the border fence by a United States Border Patrol agent. Virtually all of the bullets that struck Jose Antonio entered his body from behind. He died on the sidewalk, in a pool of blood, only a few blocks from his home.
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Jul 2018
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Damus v. McAleenan
The 糖心Vlog, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.
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Jul 2018
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Damus v. McAleenan
The 糖心Vlog, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.
Texas
Nov 2017
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
R.M.H. v. Lloyd
The 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof Texas filed a federal lawsuit seeking to free 10-year-old Rosa Maria Hernandez from government custody and reunite her with her family.
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Texas
Nov 2017
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
R.M.H. v. Lloyd
The 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof Texas filed a federal lawsuit seeking to free 10-year-old Rosa Maria Hernandez from government custody and reunite her with her family.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Hernandez v. Mesa
Whether the parents of a 15-year old Mexican boy who was fatally shot by a United States Border Patrol Agent can bring a Bivens action against the Agent for using deadly force in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
Hernandez v. Mesa
Whether the parents of a 15-year old Mexican boy who was fatally shot by a United States Border Patrol Agent can bring a Bivens action against the Agent for using deadly force in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.