US EditionACLU says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention center
The ACLU alleges ICE punishes immigrants twice for the same crimes at Louisiana Lockup, where about 200 detainees face poor conditions and detention beyond six months.
- The ACLU is suing ICE for allegedly punishing immigrant detainees with inhumane conditions at a notorious former slave plantation in Louisiana called Angola.
- The lawsuit claims ICE intentionally selected a facility with a 'uniquely horrifying history' to house immigrants and subjected them to foul water and lack of basic necessities, violating double jeopardy protections.
- It also alleges some detainees should be released after six months if the government failed to deport them within that timeframe, citing a 2001 Supreme Court ruling that immigration detention should be 'nonpunitive.
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ACLU sues Trump administration over 'Louisiana Lockup' ICE facility at Angola
The federal government is using the “Louisiana Lockup” at Angola to illegally punish immigrants twice for the same offense, the American Civil Liberties Union claimed Monday in a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump’s administration.
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ACLU says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention center
The immigration detainees sent to a notorious Louisiana prison last month are being punished for crimes for which they have already served time, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday in a lawsuit challenging the government’s decision to hold what it calls the “worst of the worst” there.
ACLU lawsuit says ICE unlawfully punishing immigrants at Louisiana detention center
The immigration detainees sent to a Louisiana prison last month are being punished for crimes for which they have already served time, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday in a lawsuit.
The judicial action charges the administration of President Donald Trump to select the old plantation of slaves known as Angola by its "singlely horrible history" and to intentionally subsiste the immigrants detained under the conditions of human beings, including contaminated water and lack of basic needs, in violation of the 'double penalty' clause, which protects people from being punished twice by the same crime. The ACLU also claims that so…
Trump Admin Hit with New Lawsuit Over Detainees Sent to Louisiana Prison
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Monday, accusing it of unlawfully imprisoning immigration detainees at the former slave plantation and maximum-security prison known as Angola in Louisiana. The lawsuit claims detainees are being punished twice for crimes they…
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