ACLU Argues in Federal Court Today That Prolonged Indefinite Detention of Immigrants Is Illegal

Carolyn Hileman* | January 9, 2008

Filed Under General Goofiness, Immigration, The ACLU

PASADENA, CA — In a federal appellate court in California today, the American Civil Liberties Union is arguing that the government is violating the law and the court’s prior rulings by incarcerating immigrants in detention centers for prolonged and indefinite periods of time while they fight their immigration cases. In November 2006, the ACLU of Southern California, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project and the Stanford Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic filed lawsuits in federal district court on behalf of four immigrant men who were being held indefinitely in the Terminal Island Federal Detention Center in San Pedro, California, while they pursued legitimate legal challenges to their pending deportations. All four had been detained for prolonged periods of time and yet had never received a bond hearing to determine if their detentions were justified. Shortly after the lawsuits were filed, the district court ordered the government to provide the men with bond hearings. By February 2007, all four were released.

Nah, it’s just undocumented

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