BROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES
Lora is a famous name in New York immigration courts. Thanks to a case Alex Lora and his legal team at Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and New York University School of Law (NYU) brought to challenge his immigration detention, all immigrants detained for six months in the Second Circuit had the right to a day in court where a judge can determine if their continued detention is justified. This decision stood from 2015 until February 27, 2018, when the Supreme Court issued a devastating 5-3 decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez, which reversed these gains.
We produced this video in November 2016. After the Supreme Court's ruling, NowThis re-released our video on social media within the new context.