Last Thursday, a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect that cuts Medicaid eligibility for hundreds of thousands of people who are in the United States lawfully. Refugees, asylees, survivors of human trafficking, and survivors of domestic…
Disability Law United Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking Accountability for Disability Rights Violations in ICE Detention
Disability Law United, together with Pangea Legal Services, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging disability rights violations and other unlawful conduct arising from an immigration enforcement action and subsequent immigration detention. The lawsuit seeks accountability for alleged excessive force, inadequate…
Disability Law United Supports Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
Earlier this month, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09) introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, a bill that seeks to enact guardrails and oversight on immigration detention and ensure civil and human rights are protected. Disability Law…
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 Receives Grant Increase from The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation awarded Disability Law United an additional $100,000 toward its second year of core support for Disability Law United’s Immigration Detention Accountability Project (IDAP)! In October 2019, the Ford Foundation awarded a two-year grant of $150,000 in support…
Federal Judge Rejects ICE’s ‘Weak’ Implementation of Court-Ordered Custody Determinations of High Risk Individuals and Other Safety Measures
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb inside detention centers, Court finds ICE has fallen “far below” compliance with its previous injunction. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Last night in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California,…
Months Later, the Fraihat Hotline Remains Necessary
“We couldn’t keep up with the calls and voicemails at first,” said Pilar Gonzalez Morales, Senior Staff Attorney at Disability Law United, “it was a tsunami of people who were in crisis, seeking re-assessment and needing help to do so.”…
New Partnership – We the Action
As the need became more dire, Disability Law United knew who to call on. We the Action. The successful request for emergency preliminary injunction in the Fraihat v. ICE case filed by Disability Law United and co-counsel at the start…
In Victory for Detained Immigrants, Federal Judge Orders ICE to Review for Release Every Person with COVID-19 Risk Factors
In sweeping ruling, ICE ordered to conduct new assessments for every person at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in the custody of ICE, regardless of immigration case FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2020 RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A federal judge today…
Detained Migrants Win in Federal Court: Judge Greenlights Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit
Tens of thousands of immigrants denied medical care and disability accommodations by the federal government will have their day in court A federal judge ruled today that a nationwide class action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the…