For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 24th, 2025 OTAY MESA, CA — A Deaf, non-verbal asylum seeker from Mongolia has been released from U.S. immigration custody following months of detention without access to an interpreter. In a major legal victory for…
DLU & Co-Counsel Prevent Immediate Deportation of Disabled, Deaf Asylum Seeker, Force ICE to Provide Accommodations
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025 In a win against ICE and their continued discrimination against people with disabilities in detention, Disability Law United and co-counsel Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) have prevented a Deaf immigrant from Mongolia from being immediately deported…
Disability Law United Sues to Hold ICE Accountable, Compel Records Release
Despite repeatedly violating people’s rights, ICE is always trying to evade accountability.” March 14th, 2025 The Northwest ICE Processing Center (formerly known as Northwest Detention Center or NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington is notorious, with a documented history of abuse, inhumane…
2022 Disability Law United Internships!
Hello Disability Law United community! We are recruiting for spring and summer 2022 legal internship opportunities for our Accessibility Project and Immigrant Detention Accountability Project. Please check out the AP internship description here and the IDAP internship description here.
Advocates Decry Biden Administration’s Appeal Fighting Order to Vaccinate Medically Vulnerable People in ICE Detention
Yesterday, the Biden Administration took the surprising step of filing an appeal to a federal court order requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to vaccinate medically vulnerable people in its custody. The filing was in Fraihat v. ICE, which…
Advocates Win Federal Court Appointment of Special Master to Oversee ICE Custody Releases
Citing a “history of noncompliance,” a federal judge orders a special master to monitor and oversee custody reviews and releases for people at heightened risk of COVID-19 A federal court last night granted civil rights organizations’ motion to appoint a special…
Immigrant Advocacy Groups File Civil Rights Complaint Against Constitutional & Disability Rights Violations
Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention, and Disability Law United have filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) on behalf…