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:
Alyssa Aquino, Migrant Families Seek Release From COVID-19 'Tinderboxes', Law 360, March 23, 2020
Josh Gerstein, Suit seeks release of immigrant families due to virus risk, Politico, March 22, 2020
US Urged to Release Detainees at ICE Centers as Virus Spreads, TeleSUR, March 22, 2020