"Officers sometimes will not let lawyers meet with people who want to work with lawyers - even though they are not supposed to. Individuals in B-18 do not get the free, confidential phone calls with their lawyers that even the government says they should have. And sometimes, individuals are moved from B-18 to another location which does not allow lawyer visits at all."
"This is a terribly important ruling, not just because it enjoins the denial of access to lawyers, but because it takes apart a key part of ICE's strategy in Los Angeles and that has been to dehumanize Latinos and to do everything they can to assure that Latinos that are subject to these raids are not able to avail themselves of their"
A preliminary injunction extends an earlier restraining order and requires federal immigration agencies to permit legal visitation at the B-18 processing facility in downtown Los Angeles seven days a week. Lawyer visiting hours at B-18 have been repeatedly closed without notifying attorneys, and officers have allowed doors to remain open during confidential attorney-client meetings, denied meetings, prevented free confidential phone calls, and transferred detainees to locations that do not permit lawyer visits. The injunction orders the federal government to cease those practices for the remainder of the lawsuit and reinforces detainee access to counsel and constitutional protections inside detention facilities.
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