Prisoners' Legal Services of New York
Pursuing justice for incarcerated New Yorkers since 1976
In partnership with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center, the National Immigration Project, and Singleton Schrieber LLP, PLS secured release from immigration detention for a 20-year-old youth from upstate New York. The habeas petitioner had been granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in 2022, yet was arrested by immigration after the fact. The judge ordered release and that ICE could not monitor the youth with an ankle bracelet while the immigration case is pending.
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