Immigrants' Rights
What you need to know
41 Million
There are 41 million immigrants in the United States.
83%
In 2013, 83 percent of people deported from the United States were not given a hearing before a judge
$1.84 billion
The United States spends $1.84 billion detaining immigrants.
The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.
The ACLU of Louisiana's Immigrant Rights Project (IRP) aims to work with community partners to document and expose the realities of immigration detention in Louisiana by creating partnerships among directly-impacted people, private in-house counsel and/or law firms, and law school clinics, to harness their talent and resources and provide pro bono relief in the form of parole application assistance, habeas petitions, and Civil Rights and Civil Liberty complaints (“CRCL”).
To learn more about the ACLU of Louisiana's Immigrant Rights Project, visit www.laaclu.org/irp
To learn more about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them, visit www.laaclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights
The Latest
ACLU Challenges Six Year Detention of Salvadoran Asylum Seeker
ICE Denies Claims of 'Disappeared' Migrants at Louisiana Detention Centers
Cases, Campaigns & Legislation
Heredia Mons v. McAleenan
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