A federal court in Harrisburg today lifted a stay, upholding its decision from earlier this week that ordered the release of 20 people currently held in immigration detention (two clients have already been released) in two county facilities in Pennsylvania.

A federal district court today ordered the immediate release of 22 people in civil immigration detention in two county jails in Pennsylvania, the second such ruling in the last week.

HARRISBURG - A federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ruled today that federal immigration authorities must immediately release the ten people who sued for their release and who remain in detention in three county facilities in the commonwealth.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Thirteen people who are currently held in immigration detention in jails in three Pennsylvania counties have filed a federal constitutional lawsuit asking for their immediate release because they are at high risk for severe illness if they contract coronavirus while incarcerated.

HARRISBURG - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania announced today that it has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the borough of Jim Thorpe in Carbon County and two police officers over a traffic stop that occurred in February 2018.

PITTSBURGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has reached a settlement with the Northern Regional Joint Police Board in its case on behalf of a naturalized U.S. citizen who spent a night in the Allegheny County Jail.

HARRISBURG - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police and seven troopers on behalf of 10 motorists, alleging that the troopers targeted the motorists for vehicle stops because they are Latinx.