Stephen Manning

Stephen Manning is the founder and executive director of Innovation Law Lab, a Portland-based nonprofit that combines law, organizing, data, and technology to advance immigrant and refugee justice. He is an immigration attorney known for legal strategy, litigation, and scalable access-to-counsel initiatives including the Justice Bus.

ICE Courthouse Arrests Turn Case Dismissals Into Fast-Track Deportations

Bloomberg Investigates follows Portland legal aid group Innovation Law Lab as it challenges the Department of Homeland Security over President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign. The lawyers argue that ICE is turning immigration court appearances into arrest opportunities by seeking dismissals, detaining people after hearings and moving them into faster deportation proceedings with fewer rights. Executive director Stephen Manning frames the fight as a due-process battle over whether immigrants can still use the legal system without being exposed to detention.

Bloomberg OriginalsMay 19, 20266 min read