JURIST
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that civil immigration detainees employed in private facilities must be treated as legal employees and are thus entitled to the minimum wage stipulated by the state. The case, Ugochukwu Goodluck Nwauzor, et al v. The GEO Group, Inc.
JURIST
APRIL 5, 2022
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Monday called on Canada to end its practice of incarcerating immigration detainees in provincial jails. is inconsistent with international human rights standards, and jail conditions potentially breach federal-provincial immigration detention contracts,” HRW said.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
A federal district court in Washington state ruled against a Tacoma for-profit immigration detention center in a minimum wage suit Tuesday, ordering its owners to pay $5.9 As such, the center will be shut down before 2025, when GEO’s contract with ICE expires. million in back wages owed to detainee workers.
JURIST
APRIL 18, 2021
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill on Wednesday that bans for-profit detention centers, including immigration facilities, in the state of Washington. The Northwest Detention Center is one of the United States’ largest, for-profit immigration jails. The bill will likely face a legal challenge.
The Crime Report
MARCH 7, 2022
The US government pays BI hundreds of millions of dollars a year to run Isap, the company signed a new five-year contract with Ice for nearly $2.2bn in 2020, and the Biden administration is expanding Isap to include new levels of supervision such as strict curfews.
JURIST
MAY 18, 2023
The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled the country’s authorities must recognize foreign same-sex marriages for immigration purposes, potentially signaling a major policy shift in a country where homosexuality is criminalized. The court’s decision upheld the rights to dignity and equality of the appellants in these cases.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The first of the two product announcements is a feature that uses artificial intelligence to translate client documents and then extract and label data from those documents which can then be used to auto-populate immigration forms. is then stored in Filevine and can be used to auto-populate immigration forms.
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