HEREDIA MONS et al v. MCALEENAN et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:19-cv-01593

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

James E. Boasberg

Firms

  1. October 24, 2024

    ICE Agrees To Enforce 2009 Parole Policy For Asylum-Seekers

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge gave preliminary approval Thursday to an agreement between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and asylum-seekers to resolve a suit alleging immigration officials in New Orleans wrongfully refused to release them on parole.

  2. July 23, 2020

    ICE Still Not Obeying Asylum Parole Order, DC Judge Says

    After twice ordering immigration officials in New Orleans to stop ignoring a government policy that allows detained asylum-seekers to be paroled, a D.C. federal judge said that "troubling" data still points toward noncompliance.

  3. April 21, 2020

    Judge Not 'Empowered' To Release Detainees Amid COVID-19

    A D.C. federal judge pushed back Tuesday against a request to immediately release a group of asylum seekers from detention in Louisiana amid the COVID-19 pandemic, agreeing with the government that such relief is outside the scope of their underlying complaint.

  4. April 01, 2020

    La. Asylum-Seekers Make Emergency COVID-19 Parole Bid

    A class of asylum-seekers detained in Louisiana is demanding release immediately in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an emergency motion filed Tuesday in D.C. federal court.

  5. January 07, 2020

    Gov't Told It Could Face Contempt In Asylum Parole Case

    A D.C. federal judge says he may soon be entertaining contempt claims against the government after taking a peek at "staggering" numbers that imply immigration field offices in New Orleans are still flouting his order to consider detained asylum-seekers for parole.

  6. October 07, 2019

    ICE Doesn't Have To Track Detainees' Language In Parole Suit

    A D.C. federal judge said Monday he won't be ordering U.S. immigration officials to record what primary language detainees speak in the monthly reports the government will be handing over to prove it's complying with a federal policy that requires asylum-seekers to be considered for parole.

  7. September 18, 2019

    DC Judge Tells Gov't To Toe Line On Asylum Parole Order

    A D.C. federal judge said Wednesday that he's going to be much "less indulgent" with the government after having to order immigration officials in New Orleans for the second time to stop ignoring a government policy that allows detained asylum-seekers to be paroled.

  8. September 05, 2019

    ICE Must Consider Asylum Seekers For Parole, Court Says

    Immigration officials in New Orleans must stop ignoring a government policy that allows detained asylum seekers to be paroled, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying there was strong evidence that officials in the Louisiana city had been flouting the directive.

  9. August 29, 2019

    Gov't Atty Grilled Over ICE Denying Asylum-Seekers Parole

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday cast doubt on a U.S. attorney's assertions that a substantial drop-off in humanitarian parole grants doesn't indicate that immigration officials in New Orleans are refusing to release asylum-seekers from detention after they have shown a credible fear of returning home.

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