CLEAR Clinic and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste v. Noem et al., No. 6:25-cv-1906 (D. Or., filed Oct. 16, 2025)
On October 16, 2025, the CLEAR Clinic and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its agents in response to a wave of over 300 arrests in October, which continued with 150 arrests in November. The complaint alleged that the government denied lawyers access to detained clients at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Portland and Eugene field offices on multiple occasions, even when attorneys presented signed representation forms.
On October 29, 2025, the District Court denied plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order, and set an evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction for December 12, 2025. On November 12, 2025, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and motion for preliminary injunction along with a motion for class certification, alleging and further documenting that ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and DHS have repeatedly held individuals and cut them off from communications after arrests, despite attempts by lawyers to meet with them at ICE field offices in Oregon. Plaintiffs allege the federal government then rapidly transfers clients out of the state and sought an order for prevention of such transfers. The court heard arguments on the motion for preliminary injunction on December 18, 2025. As of September 2026, the parties await an order on the motions.
Documents:
Counsel: Innovation Law Lab
Contact: Stephen Manning | Innovation Law Lab | smanning@ilgrp.com
Press: KATU 2, Immigrant rights groups sue ICE, DHS, alleging ‘systemic assault’ on legal counsel access, Oct. 17, 2025
