Seeking Release of Clients Detained in Virginia Who Have Won Fear-Based Relief Under Rodriguez Guerra v. Perry (E.D. Va.) Settlement

The National Immigration Project, Amica Center (formerly CAIR Coalition), and the ACLU of Virginia sued the Washington Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of nine individuals whom ICE arbitrarily detained for months after they won immigration relief protecting them from deportation to their countries of origin where they face persecution, torture, or death. The case, Rodriguez Guerrera v. Perry , No. 1:23-cv-1151 (E.D. Va.), was brought in the U.S. District Court