RDN and team win first step in release of families in ICE detention due to COVID-19 risk

On March 30, RDN and its team won an order from a Federal Judge in Washington, D.C., in our case, O.M.G. v. Wolf. The order expands on a California District Circuit decision from March 28 which gave the Trump administration until April 6 to explain why it can’t quickly release many of the roughly 7,000 immigrant children at risk of contracting the coronavirus in shelters and detention facilities across the U.S., and unite them with waiting sponsors. Our decision expands the ruling to include the parents of detained children as well.

More on this case can be found below:

Josh Gerstein, Judge declines to release detained immigrant families, for now, Politico, March 30, 2020

Alyssa Aquino, Migrant Families Seek Release From COVID-19 'Tinderboxes', Law 360, March 23, 2020

Angelina Chapin, I Fear For My Life': Detained Families Are Terrified Of Coronavirus A new lawsuit demands the release of thousands of immigrant families being held in ICE detention, HuffPost, March 23, 2020

Josh Gerstein, Suit seeks release of immigrant families due to virus risk, Politico, March 22, 2020

Coronavirus concerns trigger lawsuit aimed at freeing migrant families from detention centers, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 22, 2020

US Urged to Release Detainees at ICE Centers as Virus Spreads, TeleSUR, March 22, 2020

RAICES Press Release, March 22, 2020