due process violation

  • How Florida’s ‘Unauthorized Alien’ Law Led to Detention of U.S.-Born Citizen

    A 20-year-old U.S.-born citizen was jailed for 24 hours under Florida’s controversial immigration law, despite presenting multiple forms of identification proving his citizenship — a detention experts say underscores serious legal, constitutional, and racial profiling concerns. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, born in Georgia and a native-born American citizen, was arrested earlier this week under Florida’s Senate…

  • DOJ Suspends Senior Attorney Erez Reuveni Over Admission in Wrongful Deportation Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has suspended senior immigration attorney Erez Reuveni following his courtroom admission that the government unlawfully deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national protected from removal under a final immigration order. The rare public suspension comes amid intense legal scrutiny over the DOJ’s handling of the case, which a…