ImmDef In The News

The lawsuit exposes a detention system that is cruel, inhumane, and degrading, with Adelanto serving as a stark example of the harm such conditions cause —where people have been forced to live in unsanitary conditions and subjected to punitive isolation and neglect, conditions that would be considered abuse in almost any other setting.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2025 Press Contact: Renee Garcia, rgarcia@immdef.org , media@immdef.org , 213-634-2186 Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento Partners With ImmDef to Protect Immigrant Families From Federal Deportation Agenda Santa Ana, CA.-- Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is honored to announce a $50,000 personal gift from Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento. The gift will provide funding for attorneys to accompany individuals to immigration hearings

Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration in Major Los Angeles Immigration Raids Case Ruling extends protections for detained immigrants, blocking ICE from restricting access to attorneys in Los Angeles Today, a federal court in Los Angeles granted a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), finding that the agencies likely violated the Fifth Amendment by denying d

Following a July 24, 2025 public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread human rights and refugee law violations inflicted by the U.S. government, a coalition of immigrants’ rights organizations that participated in the hearing submitted a follow-up report to the Commission this week. The organizations include Al Otro Lado, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Amnesty International, the Center for Human Rights and Constitut

PRESS RELEASE – OCTOBER 16, 2025 The Annual Issue Honors Changemakers in the LGBTQ+ Community Across Entertainment, Politics, Activism, Sports, and More LOS ANGELES, CA — Alvaro M. Huerta, civil rights lawyer and Director of Litigation and Advocacy at the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), has been selected as an honoree on the 31st annual Out100 list, Out magazine’s annual recognition of the most influential and pioneering LGBTQ+ individuals across entertainment, poli