Biography
Jean Montrevil is a Haitian immigrant-rights organizer and co-founder of New Sanctuary Coalition. ICE detained him in January 2018 and deported him to Haiti. He sued federal officials, alleging that they targeted his constitutionally protected advocacy. Montrevil returned to the United States on special-interest parole in October 2021. In January 2022 his representatives announced that his immigration case would be reopened. Historical deportation is not represented here as ongoing ICE detention or confirmed present exile.
Case history and verification
Jean Montrevil is a Haitian immigrant-rights organizer and co-founder of New Sanctuary Coalition. ICE detained him in January 2018 and deported him to Haiti. He sued federal officials, alleging that they targeted his constitutionally protected advocacy. Montrevil returned to the United States on special-interest parole in October 2021. In January 2022 his representatives announced that his immigration case would be reopened. Historical deportation is not represented here as ongoing ICE detention or confirmed present exile.
Status reviewed October 8, 2026: Historical case. The profile records the last documented outcome; no current ICE custody is asserted.
Sources
- NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic: return to the United States, October 18, 2021
- Families for Freedom: immigration case reopening, January 2022
Verified detail sources (October 8, 2026): The July 19, 2021 NYU/Cornell civil-rights complaint, page 20, dates the arrest and immediate detention to January 3, 2018. NYU’s October 18, 2021 release identifies Montrevil as a father. No deportation day is added in this pass. Source 1. Source 2.
Verified detail sources (October 9, 2026): The January 31, 2019 amended Migrant Justice complaint, paragraph 139, explicitly dates Jean Montrevil’s deportation to January 16, 2018. The 2021 NYU/Cornell complaint independently describes removal on the next business day after the January 12 BIA decision. This date ends the U.S. detention episode through deportation; it is not ordinary release into the United States. Source 1. Source 2.
Photo source: Center for Constitutional Rights, 2010 Annual Report, printed page 22. Photo © New Sanctuary Movement. Original image reproduced without alteration.
CCR's 2010 annual report also documents an earlier completed period of ICE custody: its photo caption identifies Montrevil speaking to supporters after his release. The caption gives no detention or release date.
