Trinh v. Homan
In 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) imprisoned dozens of Vietnamese immigrants across the country, including those who came to the United States before July 12, 1995 (pre-1995 Vietnamese).
ICE has historically been unable to remove pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants with deportation orders to Vietnam. Consequently, ICE for years released pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants relatively promptly after their deportation proceedings concluded. But ICE abruptly changed its detention practices in 2017 and began imprisoning pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants for many months.
In February 2018, Advancing Justice-Atlanta, along with Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus and Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, filed a nationwide class action in the Central District of California to challenge ICE’s indefinite detention of pre-1995 Vietnamese immigrants under Zadvydas v. Davis.
For more information on deportations of Vietnamese immigrants who entered the U.S. before 1995, please visit this resource page developed by our affiliate, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Filed
February 28, 2018
Status
Decided
Issues
Immigration Detention, Prolonged Detention, Indefinite Detention
Legal Filing
Court Order Denying Motion to Dismiss (09/06/18)
Court Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Class Cert (10/18/18)
Court Order on Summary Judgment Cross Motions (06/11/20)
Order on Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Dismissal (10/7/21)
News & Press Releases