Pregnant mothers, working families challenge ICE's mass GPS monitoring policy
Jun 29, 2026 · Washington, DC
The Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP filed a federal class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging ICE's GPS monitoring rule imposed in June 2025, which affects nearly 50,000 immigrants. Plaintiffs—mostly working mothers including pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women—report physical harm from ankle and wrist monitors including pain, swelling, bleeding, and sleep disruption, as well as psychological distress, job loss, and inability to access medical care or meet caregiving responsibilities. ICE imposed the policy uniformly without individualized justifications, even for people the agency determined pose neither flight risk nor danger. The lawsuit argues the policy transforms an alternatives-to-detention program into an arbitrary surveillance system that extends ICE's control into homes and workplaces without increasing court appearance rates.
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