On May 20, 2026, the court in ICWC v. Noem issued an order temporarily restoring protections for certain immigrant survivors with pending petitions. Class counsel and the Organizational Plaintiffs have prepared templates that we hope will help practitioners and class members implement the order in their individual cases.

Trump Administration Seeks to Terminate Protections for Children Despite Harrowing Stories From Children in Detention

On June 2nd, Flores counsel will argue before the Ninth Circuit against the government’s attempt to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement - the primary safeguard against abuse, neglect, and prolonged imprisonment of immigrant children.

Yesterday, a federal judge in the Central District of California issued an order protecting immigrant survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, and other serious crimes on a nationwide basis.

In a brief filed in federal court today, lawyers for children incarcerated at the Family Residential Treatment Center in Dilley, Texas (Dilley) describe the federal government’s most recent claims of compliance with the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA) as “fanciful” and reiterate their concerns that children continue to be hungry, exhausted, anxious, and depressed.

These templates are designed to be used to seek habeas relief for putative Fanfan class members while we await class-wide relief and as long as any class members remain detained in ICE custody. In addition to putative Fanfan class members, others who were subject to re-detention who are not subject to a final order may also benefit from these templates, with appropriate adjustments for the context in which they were re-detained.

The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law hosted a free CLE webinar, When Release is Not the End: Challenging Immigration Re-Detention, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Led by Monika Langarica, lead attorney on Fanfan v. Noem, this training examines the government’s growing use of immigration re-detention, the legal issues it raises, and the tools advocates are using to fight back, including habeas petitions and broader class action litigation challenging the practice.

Alarm over the Supreme Court’s expanding use of the shadow docket continues to grow, particularly in immigration cases, where the Trump administration has relied on emergency orders to accelerate a violent immigration enforcement campaign that inflicts severe harm on immigrant communities, especially communities of color. The Stanford Center for Racial Justice aptly captures this dynamic in a recent blog post : “ Where it concerns immigration policy, the shadow docket has be

Today, a federal judge issued a Preliminary Injunction protecting Minnesota refugees from unlawful arrest and detention while the class action lawsuit U.H.A. v. Bondi proceeds.

Attorneys representing immigrants who were unlawfully re-detained at check-in appointments by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Diego are asking a federal court to temporarily block ICE from continuing to re-detain other immigrants who were previously released, while a lawsuit moves forward.