October 12, 2018 – This week, a Honduran immigrant, Mr. C., who was held in a New York detention center for five months, separated from and barred from communicating with his two-year-old son, was...
Civil Rights Group Argues Family Separation Meets Legal Standard for Torture October 4, 2018, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed in a Manhattan court for the immediate...
September 24, 2018, New York – In response to the Trump administration’s proposal to designate hundreds of thousands of immigrants as potential “public charges,” the Center for Constitutional Rights...
August 24, 2018, San Diego – A federal judge ruled this week that a lawsuit challenging U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) practice of turning away asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border...
August 10, 2018, New York – Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Scott Lively’s attempt to appeal a ruling from the district court to remove language that harshly criticized his role...
As ICE Raids Escalate, New Platform Highlights ICE Tactics to Help Equip Communities to Exercise Their Constitutional Rights July 23, 2018, New York – The Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) today in...
CCR and Muslim Advocates File FOIA Lawsuit on Opaque Muslim Ban Waiver Process Washington, DC – Following the United States Supreme Court decision to uphold the Muslim Ban, Muslim Advocates (MA) and...
Recent Yemen Waiver Report Cited in Breyer’s Dissent June 27, 2018, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s Muslim ban, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
June 21, 2018, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School released “ Window Dressing the Muslim Ban: Reports of waivers & mass...
Immigration Detainees Should Have Same Recourse as Convicted Prisoners, Attorneys Say March 15, 2018, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court...