ACLU sues Biden administration to block transfers of ICE detainees
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration seeking to block the long-distance transfer of illegal immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New Jersey.
ICE is already moving detainees away from the facility, including to Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana -- a practice the ACLU says is cruel and is in violation of the attorney-client relationship. "ICE has already begun transferring ECCF [Essex County Correction Facility] detainees as far away as Georgia and Nevada, without regard for the devastating impact that such transfers would have on the detainees’ relationship with their counsel," the lawsuit says. "ICE has provided no specifics about the location of the facilities where detainees will be transferred but it has indicated that these facilities could be distant from ECCF rather than local. The recent transfers confirm as much."More Related News