Original Date Announced

Section 10 of Executive Order (EO) 14159, "Protecting the American People Against Invasion," directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate action and allocate all legally available resources or establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or use facilities to detain removable noncitizens.

Trump 2.0 [ID #2218]

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.10.16 Complaint - CLEAR Clinic v. Noem, No. 25-cv-01906-AA (D. Ore)

CLEAR Clinic and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) sued DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE leadership, and CBP challenging agency policies and practices that deny detained individuals access to legal counsel following immigration arrests, specifically. The plaintiffs allege that federal agents have systematically prevented attorneys from meeting with current or prospective clients at ICE field offices in Portland and Eugene, failed to provide accurate information regarding detainees' locations, and rapidly transferred individuals out of state or to third countries to prevent them from obtaining legal assistance.

The complaint asserts that these practices violate the Fifth Amendment’s due process guarantees, the First Amendment rights of both detainees and attorneys to communicate and associate, and the APA for acting contrary to the INA and federal regulations. The plaintiffs seek declaratory relief and a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring the defendants to provide meaningful access to counsel detained immigrants. CLEAR Clinic v. Noem, No. 25-cv-01906-AA (D. Or.).

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2025.10.20 Reported: DHS hiring over 40 health care practitioners for immigration detention centers - Politico

Politico reports that DHS is hiring over 40 "doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, pharmacists and health administrators" to increase the number of health care providers working in immigration detention centers, which "follows the revelation that nearly as many immigrants have died in custody so far this year than over the course of the Biden administration." According to government reports, recent deaths in immigration detention centers have been due to "infections, Covid-19, injuries, uncontrolled diabetes and suicide."

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.11.07 Restoring Access to Detainees Act

Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced a bill titled the "Restoring Access to Detainees Act," focused on ensuring noncitizens in immigration detention have access to free telephone calls to speak with legal counsel and family members. The bill would require ICE to use a portion of the funding it received through the One Big Beautiful Bill to fund free telephone services, to provide detainees with at least a 10 minute call within the first five hours of custody in a new location and at least 200 minutes of phone time per month, and to provide detainees with extensive opportunities to communicate privately with legal counsel and with officials investigating detention conditions. The bill also instructs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish protocols to ensure that immigrant detainees are not prevented from accessing these services.

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.11.12 Complaint Gomez Ruiz v. ICE

Seven immigrant detainees filed a lawsuit against ICE to challenge "inhumane conditions" at the California City Detention Facility, a recently reopened former state prison. The complaint alleges the privately run CoreCivic facility subjects detainees to unconstitutional punishment, including conditions of filth, isolation, and inadequate food and water. Plaintiffs also claim they are systematically denied essential medical care for serious conditions like cancer and diabetes, refused disability accommodations, and denied access to counsel. The complaint alleges violations under the First and Fifth Amendments, and the Rehabilitation Act. Gomez Ruiz v. ICE, No. 3:25-cv-09757 (N.D. Cal.).

**Link to case here. See litigation note above**

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.01.26 Class Action Complaint - L.T. v. ICE

A group of detained noncitizens filed a putative class action on behalf of all detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, a for-profit detention complex in California's Mojave Desert. They allege severe violations of due process, disability discrimination, and arbitrary, capricious and unlawful agency action.

The complaint outlines rampant abuse and inhumane conditions, including unsanitary, moldy living quarters, contagious-disease outbreaks, spoiled food, unclean water, and a "pervasive lack of medical treatment" and disability accommodations. It alleges untreated medical and mobility issues, including a spinal tumor, epilepsy, seizures, a staph infection, and cardiac arrhythmia, noting that Adelanto "has long been the subject of investigation and condemnation for its unsafe conditions," and that at least two detainees have died in custody since it reopened in June 2025.

Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin the federal government from violating plaintiffs' rights and retaliating against them for filing the lawsuit. L.T. v. ICE, No. 5:26-cv-00322 (C.D. Cal.).

**Link to case here. See litigation note above**

For more information on Adelanto, please see this entry.

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2026.02.10 Order Granting Preliminary Injunction and Class Certification - Gomez Ruiz v. ICE

U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney granted in part the plaintiff's motions for preliminary injunction and class certification. The preliminary injunction orders defendants to provide plaintiffs with, among other things, adequate health care, access to counsel, temperature-appropriate clothing and blankets free of charge, and adequate and consistent access to outdoor-recreation spaces. It also ordered an external monitor to ensure compliance. The court provisionally certified a class defined as "all persons who are now, or in the future will be, in the legal custody of ICE and detained at California City Detention Facility." Gomez Ruiz v. ICE, No. 3:25-cv-09757 (N.D. Cal.).

**Link to case here. See litigation note above**

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.02.14 Reported: Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor - New York Times

The New York Times reports that there are measles outbreaks at two immigration-detention centers, the Central Arizona Florence Correctional Center and the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, both of which are operated by for-profit detention company CoreCivic. The measles outbreaks are in addition to general "unsanitary conditions and lax care" at both detention centers.

Migrants and their lawyers report days- and weeks-long delays to receive basic care and prescription medications, and illnesses spread rapidly due to "filthy" conditions. Whistleblowers at multiple CoreCivic detention centers have reported "skeletal staffing" and substandard medical-care, leading one detainee to develop a serious infection and another to go into multiple organ failure. ICE is CoreCivic's largest customer; the company's detention centers house 23% of ICE detainees.

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.02.20 - San Diego County health inspectors denied access to Otay Mesa Detention Center - BorderReports

Border Report reports that San Diego County health inspectors were admitted into Otay Mesa Detention Center but prohibited from conducting their first comprehensive public-health inspection of the center, despite having planned and gained approval from ICE to conduct the inspection. ICE denied access to review medical records and confidential interviews with detainees. County supervisors who had been cleared to enter the facility were also blocked from entering. San Diego County is preparing to file suit to enforce California's public-health authority.