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ACLU Joins in FOIA Request for Information On Detainees, Says Government Has Refused to Answer Previous Inquiries (10/29/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Saying it felt compelled by the government's refusal to answer its previous inquiries, the American Civil Liberties Union today joined with a coalition of civil liberties, human rights and electronic privacy organizations in filing a Freedom of Information Act request for information about the individuals arrested or detained since September 11. 

Concerned About Reports of Denial of Rights, ACLU Asks Ashcroft for Details on Widespread Detention (10/17/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Saying that unprecedented government secrecy is raising questions about the fairness of the government's investigation into the terrorist attacks, the American Civil Liberties Union today asked the Justice Department to release to the American public additional information about the more than 700 people held in detention since September 11. 

ACLU Backs Bill to Stop Improper Removal and Jailing of Refugees,Says Measure Would Save Lives, Prevent Mistreatment (08/02/2001)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union expressed strong support today for new bipartisan legislation that would greatly limit the number of deportations, without a fair hearing and without review, of asylum-seekers with a valid need for refuge in the United States. 

ACLU Refutes Attorney General's Statements on Supreme Court-Ordered Release of Immigrants (07/20/2001)
WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union today sharply criticized an apparent attempt by the Department of Justice to delay the release of indefinitely detained immigrants whom the Supreme Court recently ordered released.

Federal Appeals Court Says INS Must Free Indefinitely Detained Immigrants (04/10/2000)
SEATTLE -- Immigration officials cannot continue to jail immigrants indefinitely after their prison sentences expire, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today.

Federal Appeals Court to Consider Whether Government Can Detain Undeportable Immigrants for Life (02/14/2000)
SEATTLE -- In a case being closely watched around the nation, a federal appeals court will today consider whether the government can indefinitely detain thousands of immigrants -- many for as long as the rest of their lives.

Ruling Bars Indefinite Immigrant Detention (01/29/2000)
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Another federal judge has ruled that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) cannot indefinitely hold immigrants who have been ordered deported for crimes but whose native countries refuse to accept them, the Associated Press reported today.

ACLU Seeks Release of Palestinian Immigrant Held for Over Two Years on Secret Evidence (12/22/1999)
MIAMI -- American Civil Liberties Union attorneys today asked a Miami court to release a former University of South Florida professor who has been held for more than two-and-a-half years based on secret evidence the government has kept secret from him and his attorneys.

Indefinite Detention by INS Overturned (07/12/1999)
SEATTLE -- Five judges from the U.S. District Court in Seattle have ruled that the government cannot indefinitely detain aliens with criminal records who are awaiting deportation to countries that refuse to accept them, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington said today.