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10 Court Cases
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Aug 28, 2024
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
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Trabelsi v. Crawford et al.

Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging his prolonged unlawful detention and inhumane treatment by the United States. Mr. Trabelsi is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the University of Chicago Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, the ACLU of Virginia, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School.
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Mar 11, 2024
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Jane Doe v. Roanoke Police Department

On March 12, 2024, ACLU of Virginia filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of an immigrant survivor of domestic violence whose request for a U visa certification the Roanoke Police Department is refusing to certify in open defiance of state law.
Court Case
Oct 06, 2023
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz v. Davis et al.

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition and the ACLU of Virginia are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Henry County Sheriff’s Office, for detaining Mr. Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz under the color of federal immigration law for seven months at the Henry County Adult Detention Center without charge.
Court Case
Aug 03, 2023
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Rodriguez Guerra et al. v. Perry et al.

Amica Center for Immigrants’ Rights (formerly CAIR Coalition), the National Immigration Project, and the ACLU of Virginia sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for arbitrarily detaining people in Virginia after they won immigration cases that protected them from deportation to their countries of origin where they face persecution, torture, or death.
Court Case
Jul 01, 2019
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Tun-Cos, et al. v. Perrotte, et al. (Amicus)

Court Case
Nov 27, 2018
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

McClary and Stockton v. Jenkins and Board of Supervisors of Culpeper County

Court Case
Apr 21, 2017
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

ACLU of Virginia, et. al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et. al

Seeking Enforcement of FOIA Request
Court Case
Aug 14, 2009
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Commonwealth v. Arias

Prince William County Loitering
Court Case
Nov 17, 2008
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU v. Department of Health and Human Services

FOIA Lawsuit Pertaining to Reproductive Health Care for Undocumented Minors
Court Case
Aug 28, 2024
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Court Case
Aug 28, 2024
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Trabelsi v. Crawford et al.

Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging his prolonged unlawful detention and inhumane treatment by the United States. Mr. Trabelsi is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the University of Chicago Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, the ACLU of Virginia, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School.
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Court Case
Mar 11, 2024
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Court Case
Mar 11, 2024
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Jane Doe v. Roanoke Police Department

On March 12, 2024, ACLU of Virginia filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of an immigrant survivor of domestic violence whose request for a U visa certification the Roanoke Police Department is refusing to certify in open defiance of state law.
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Court Case
Oct 06, 2023
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Court Case
Oct 06, 2023
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz v. Davis et al.

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition and the ACLU of Virginia are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Henry County Sheriff’s Office, for detaining Mr. Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz under the color of federal immigration law for seven months at the Henry County Adult Detention Center without charge.
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Court Case
Aug 03, 2023
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Court Case
Aug 03, 2023
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Rodriguez Guerra et al. v. Perry et al.

Amica Center for Immigrants’ Rights (formerly CAIR Coalition), the National Immigration Project, and the ACLU of Virginia sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for arbitrarily detaining people in Virginia after they won immigration cases that protected them from deportation to their countries of origin where they face persecution, torture, or death.
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Court Case
Jul 01, 2019
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Court Case
Jul 01, 2019
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Tun-Cos, et al. v. Perrotte, et al. (Amicus)

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Court Case
Nov 27, 2018
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Court Case
Nov 27, 2018
  • Immigrants' Rights|
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McClary and Stockton v. Jenkins and Board of Supervisors of Culpeper County

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Court Case
Apr 21, 2017
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Court Case
Apr 21, 2017
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

ACLU of Virginia, et. al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et. al

Seeking Enforcement of FOIA Request
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Court Case
Aug 14, 2009
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Court Case
Aug 14, 2009
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Commonwealth v. Arias

Prince William County Loitering
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Court Case
Nov 17, 2008
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Court Case
Nov 17, 2008
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU v. Department of Health and Human Services

FOIA Lawsuit Pertaining to Reproductive Health Care for Undocumented Minors
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