Rebekah Wolf

Rebekah Wolf is a Staff Attorney with the Immigration Justice Campaign and Policy Department of the American Immigration Council. Her areas of expertise are immigration detention, border issues, and immigration enforcement in rural communities. Before coming to the Justice Campaign, she represented detained asylum-seekers in New Mexico, where she resides, as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. She created a legal access program from detained immigrants at the Cibola Detention Center, where she also coordinated litigation efforts in partnership with national organizations. She holds a B.A. in History from New York University and a J.D. from the University of California-Hastings with a concentration in international and comparative law. Before law school she was the co-founder and international director for an international non-governmental organization based in the U.S. and the Middle East. She is fluent in Arabic.

Publications

‘Please Save Our Lives.’ LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Face Death if Deported Back to Iran

  • January 30, 2026

Three LGBTQ Iranians came to our southern border together a year ago, seeking asylum. All…

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New Complaint Shows ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement Is Excessive

  • July 14, 2023

“If I spoke too loudly, solitary. If I climbed on top of a table to…

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A Closer Look at Deaths in ICE Detention Facilities

  • April 13, 2023

On April 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the death of 61 year-old Salvador…

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