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Emergency Motion Filed in Federal Court Seeking Immediate Release of Palestinian Jailed on "Secret Evidence" (12/07/2000)
MIAMI--Two days after a Bradenton immigration judge ordered the release of a 43-year-old man jailed for three-and-a-half years on "secret evidence," his lawyers are still fighting to set him free, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

Judge Orders Release of Palestinian Immigrant Jailed by U.S. (12/06/2000)
BRADENTON, FL-- A local immigration judge today ordered the release on bond of Mazen Al Najjar, a Palestinian held for more than three-and-a-half years as a national security threat on the basis of secret evidence that neither he nor his lawyers ever had a chance to see.

Riley v. USA and Unknown INS Officers - Fact Sheet: INS Harassment and Detention of Richard Riley (10/17/2000)
DAY ONE: January 13, 1998John F. Kennedy International AirportApproximately 8:30 p.m.

Lawyers for Palestinian Jailed on "Secret Evidence" Say INS Judge Flouted Order to Disclose Documents (09/05/2000)
MIAMI, FL - Lawyers for jailed Palestinian immigrant, Dr. Mazen Al-Najjar, filed a motion today asking a federal judge to prohibit the Immigration and Naturalization Service from continuing to detain their client without presenting a summary of the "secret evidence" on which Al-Najjar has been held these past three years.

Florida Court to Hear Arguments Today in "Secret Evidence" Case (08/29/2000)
BRADENTON, FL--At a hearing before an immigration judge today, the American Civil Liberties of Florida will urge the release of Dr. Mazen Al-Najjar -- a Palestinian who has lived in the United States for 18 years -- who has been jailed for more than three years based on secret evidence that the government has refused to reveal.

Miami Federal Court to Consider Government's Use of "Secret Evidence" in Detention of Academic (04/17/2000)
MIAMI, FL -- At a hearing scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, the American Civil Liberties Union and other rights groups will argue that the practice of detaining people on the basis of secret evidence is unconstitutional and that the federal government has no authority under immigration law to do so.

Federal Appeals Court Says INS Must Free Indefinitely Detained Immigrants (04/10/2000)
SEATTLE -- Immigration officials cannot continue to jail immigrants indefinitely after their prison sentences expire, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today.

Federal Appeals Court to Consider Whether Government Can Detain Undeportable Immigrants for Life (02/14/2000)
SEATTLE -- In a case being closely watched around the nation, a federal appeals court will today consider whether the government can indefinitely detain thousands of immigrants -- many for as long as the rest of their lives.

Ruling Bars Indefinite Immigrant Detention (01/29/2000)
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Another federal judge has ruled that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) cannot indefinitely hold immigrants who have been ordered deported for crimes but whose native countries refuse to accept them, the Associated Press reported today.

ACLU Seeks Release of Palestinian Immigrant Held for Over Two Years on Secret Evidence (12/22/1999)
MIAMI -- American Civil Liberties Union attorneys today asked a Miami court to release a former University of South Florida professor who has been held for more than two-and-a-half years based on secret evidence the government has kept secret from him and his attorneys.

Indefinite Detention by INS Overturned (07/12/1999)
SEATTLE -- Five judges from the U.S. District Court in Seattle have ruled that the government cannot indefinitely detain aliens with criminal records who are awaiting deportation to countries that refuse to accept them, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington said today.