January 10, 2024
A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to free the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from a lawsuit claiming it violated the rights of immigrant detainees by transferring them as punishment for a hunger strike, rejecting the government's argument that the court doesn't have jurisdiction over the dispute.
July 10, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants out of a lawsuit alleging it violated free speech rights of immigrant detainees by transferring them as retaliation for a hunger strike, saying the detainees failed to show it took any retaliatory actions.
April 04, 2023
Immigrants detained at the jail in Orange County, New York, sued federal and local officials on Tuesday, alleging that those who went on hunger strikes to protest the jail's conditions were transferred thousands of miles away from their families in violation of their free speech rights.