June 17, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) thirteen years ago, in April 2002, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims against...
June 11, 2015, Washington, D.C. –A new report, “Banking on Detention: Local Lockup Quotas and the Immigrant Dragnet” released today by Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights...
June 10, 2015, New York – Four American Muslim men with no criminal records who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List by the FBI in retaliation for their refusal to become informants finally...
February 12, 2015, Oakland – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to expand a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California...
January 13, 2015, Philadelphia PA – Today, attorneys from Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reverse a...
December 5, 2014, New York – In response to reports that Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh has been held in solitary confinement in a Michigan jail for twelve days, the Center for...
November 21, 2014, New York – In response to yesterday’s announcement that, as part of his new immigration policy, President Obama has terminated the Secure Communities deportation...
October 7, 2014, New York – Despite Mayor de Blasio’s claims that he had a new vision for the City of New York and his dismantling of the New York Police Department (NYPD) Muslim spying...
August 5, 2014, New York – Today, rights groups filed a lawsuit seeking to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to comply...
July 24, 2014, New York – Attorneys at the CLEAR project (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) of CUNY Law School and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...