Las Americas v. Noem - District Court (Gitmo Counsel)

In this case, three individuals and four immigrant-serving nonprofit organizations (Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, RAICES, American Gateways, and Americans for Immigrant Justice) originally filed suit on February 12, 2025 to challenge the Trump Administration’s policies under which noncitizens are flown to (and detained in) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending their deportation to other countries. Plaintiffs (represented by the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the International Refugee Assistance Project) remain detained in Cuba and subsequently amended their complaint on April 26, 2025, to challenge the administration’s restrictions on their ability to communicate with legal counsel, their family members, and the outside world, as well as the unduly punitive conditions of their confinement. They also moved to certify a class of all immigration detainees originally apprehended in the United States who have been or will be held in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba.