A federal judge in the Western District of New York issued a preliminary injunction ordering the release of a 19‑year‑old asylum seeker Oliver Mata Velazquez, who was arrested by the ICE agents as he attended a scheduled immigration court hearing. . .
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PLS Wins Groundbreaking Case in the Second Circuit
On July 1, 2021, the Second Circuit issued a landmark decision in Brathwaite v. Garland, finding that the imposition of a presumption of finality to state criminal convictions under appellate review was arbitrary and unreasonable.