Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center
Help medically vulnerable people in ICE custody seek release due to COVID-19
Rapid individual advocacy for release of detained immigrants during COVID-19.
Posted April 28, 2020
Background & Context
Immediate Problem
Work & Deliverables
Preparation Phase
- Introduction call with a volunteer coordinator.
- Participation in training.
Collaboration Phase
- Preparartion of individual review requests and supporting documents.
Wrap Up
- Report results of request to Fraihat counsel.

Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center
The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2013. Through large-scale class action anti-discrimination lawsuits and individual cases, as well as education and outreach efforts, CREEC works to ensure that everyone can fully and independently participate in our nation’s civic life without discrimination based on race, gender, disability, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. With the help of attorney Elizabeth Jordan, CREEC expanded its mission in 2017 to include CREEC’s Immigration Detention Accountability Project (IDAP). IDAP was launched in 2018 and works with immigrants in ICE jails who are facing discrimination and unconstitutional conditions, taking into account the intersections of immigration, the criminal legal system, disability and mental health, as well as unequal treatment of communities of color. IDAP works at the individual, facility-specific, and system-wide level and focuses on three primary areas: • Impact litigation challenging the conditions of confinement in immigration jails; • Impact litigation challenging discrimination against detained immigrants with disabilities; and • Education and outreach on detention conditions and discriminatory and unequal treatment of immigrants with disabilities. CREEC is a small nonprofit composed of 6 attorneys, 3 paralegals and one Development Director. Of our legal staff, approximately 3.25 FTEs are dedicated to IDAP work.

Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center
The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2013. Through large-scale class action anti-discrimination lawsuits and individual cases, as well as education and outreach efforts, CREEC works to ensure that everyone can fully and independently participate in our nation’s civic life without discrimination based on race, gender, disability, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. With the help of attorney Elizabeth Jordan, CREEC expanded its mission in 2017 to include CREEC’s Immigration Detention Accountability Project (IDAP). IDAP was launched in 2018 and works with immigrants in ICE jails who are facing discrimination and unconstitutional conditions, taking into account the intersections of immigration, the criminal legal system, disability and mental health, as well as unequal treatment of communities of color. IDAP works at the individual, facility-specific, and system-wide level and focuses on three primary areas: • Impact litigation challenging the conditions of confinement in immigration jails; • Impact litigation challenging discrimination against detained immigrants with disabilities; and • Education and outreach on detention conditions and discriminatory and unequal treatment of immigrants with disabilities. CREEC is a small nonprofit composed of 6 attorneys, 3 paralegals and one Development Director. Of our legal staff, approximately 3.25 FTEs are dedicated to IDAP work.