October 13, 2022 6:08pm EDT
ACLU, legal groups suing Biden admin for denying legal representation to detained migrants
There have been more than two million migrant encounters at the US-Mexico border in FY2022
By Bradford Betz | Fox News
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other legal groups filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday, alleging that migrants detained in four detention facilities in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona have been denied legal representation.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that attorneys face "numerous obstacles" in attempting to communicate with detained migrants. These obstacles, the lawsuit says, make representation "extremely difficult and, sometimes, impossible."
The lawsuit alleges that attorneys have had difficulty scheduling legal calls and having meetings with their clients in confidential settings.
The lawsuit specifically targets the following detention facilities: Arizona’s Florence Correctional Center, Florida’s Krome Service Processing Center, Texas’ Laredo Processing Center, and Louisiana’s River Correctional Center.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ), Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP), and the Immigration Justice Campaign for the American Immigration Council (IJC), among other legal service organizations.
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