Arab and Muslim former detainees who say they faced harsh jail conditions due to their faith and ethnicity following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks can pursue a lawsuit against former top U.S. law...
December 11, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a historic ruling by a three-judge...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Ghita Schwarz and Legal Worker Ian Head will lead an hour-long webinar training on how to file federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and the state and local...
Since 2009, appropriations bills passed by the U.S. Congress have required the funding of 34,000 immigration detention beds per day. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and...
Back in June, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed a stinging rebuke to the federal government and a significant victory to CCR and our clients in Turkmen v. Ashcroft , a case we brought over...
Each year, 400,000 immigrants enter the immigration detention system, charged not with crimes but with civil violations of immigration law. Few have lawyers. The Obama Administration has deported...
Join us for First Wednesday on December 2nd, where we will highlight the victories of this year, discuss how CCR's wide-ranging work is connected, and take a moment to celebrate before...
Support our partner in New Jersey and join their week of action to end immigration detention quotas ! Actions include this rally at Elizabeth Detention Center. For more background on the bed quota,...
Exploiting tragedies has always been smart politics for demagogues seeking to promote their political agenda. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11, cynical politicians have fanned the flames of racism, fear,...
