Espinoza Escalona v. Noem

Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration to halt the transfer of immigrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’s recent order.

Guantánamo is home to one of the world’s most notorious prisons, used when the U.S. government has attempted to operate in secret, without accountability.

The groups filed a lawsuit last month on behalf of detainees’ family members and legal service providers seeking access to immigrants who were transferred from the United States and held at Guantánamo. That lawsuit remains pending.

This new lawsuit seeks to block the transfers of 10 individuals in the United States who are at risk of being transferred to Guantánamo without any legal authority, in violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution.