American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts et al v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  1. May 09, 2023

    ICE Needs To Detail Phone Search In ACLU Records Suit

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement needs to explicitly detail its search of a high-ranking official's phone for records concerning the agency's investigation of a state court judge who helped an undocumented immigrant evade ICE custody, a Massachusetts federal judge said.

  2. August 23, 2022

    ICE Must Stop Wiping Phones Amid Records Suit, Court Told

    The American Civil Liberties Union and a government watchdog on Monday filed an emergency motion asking a court to stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deleting data from agency-issued phones following revelations of a Trump-era practice of wiping devices clean when employees leave.

  3. August 19, 2022

    ICE Officials Were Told To Wipe Cell Phones, Agency Says

    The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had a Trump administration-era practice of instructing its personnel to delete all text messages from their agency-issued phones when they left their jobs, ICE said Thursday in Massachusetts federal court.

  4. June 03, 2022

    ICE Must Dig For Records On Indicted Judge, Court Says

    A Boston federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to run more detailed searches to comply with a request for public records related to a Massachusetts state court judge who was indicted for helping an immigrant evade custody.

  5. January 12, 2022

    Docs Show ICE Atty Cheered Judge's Arrest: 'First Of Many?'

    A top U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney appeared elated when a sitting Massachusetts judge was indicted in 2018 for helping an immigrant in the country illegally evade custody, asking in an email if it would be "the first of many" such arrests, according to records made public in court Tuesday.

  6. December 15, 2021

    ICE Looks To Escape Suit Seeking Mass. Judge Docs

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement urged a Massachusetts court to end litigation seeking records on a state court judge accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE custody, saying that certain sought-after documents would harm pending criminal proceedings if released.

  7. May 10, 2021

    ACLU Sues ICE For Communications About Mass. Judge Case

    The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and a government watchdog sued federal immigration authorities on Monday, demanding communications concerning the government's ongoing criminal case against a Massachusetts state court judge accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade custody.

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