According to the ACLU, in both cases the government argues that the Immigration and Nationality Act strips district courts of jurisdiction over habeas claims challenging unconstitutional detentions. She told the ACLU that she expects to see the basic principles of democracy prevail. The ACLU reports that Mahdawi was jailed for speaking out for humanity and against the genocide of his people in Palestine. ICE transferred Öztürk from Massachusetts to a detention facility in Louisiana without notifying the court or her counsel. Öztürk spent six weeks in a Louisiana ICE detention facility “with hardly any access to fresh air and in conditions that doctors say risked exacerbating her asthma attacks,” the ACLU said.