Unlawfully Imprisoned for Months, Eight Cubans Take ICE to Federal Court
January 25, 2021
Cuban asylum seekers fight for their freedom despite ICE’s violation of the Constitution and federal law
LUMPKIN, Ga. – On Friday, January 22, eight Cubans filed a group habeas petition in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, seeking their immediate release from Stewart Detention Center (SDC), an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prison in Lumpkin, Ga. The petition, filed by attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), is part of a strategy advocating for the release of more than 40 men who have similarly been unlawfully detained at SDC for several months.