US: Asylum Seekers' Detention Cannot Be Used As Part of A "Deterrence Strategy"

Another victory for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The ACLU brought a claim on behalf of detained asylum-seeking mothers and children in order to challenge a Government's policy of detaining asylum-seekers "as a way to deter others from coming to the United States". This policy was described as an "aggressive deterrence strategy".

The claim was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., which ordered a preliminary injunction that puts an immediate  halt to the government's policy.