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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS – Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled against the Keeping Families Together (KFT) process, blocking thousands of eligible families from taking the first step to eventually seek permanent residence in the United States without risking prolonged separation. The court found that Texas has standing to […]
10/29/24
Mixed Status Families Urge Texas District Court to Consider Benefits of President Biden’s Keeping Families Together Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an amicus brief filed last week, eleven directly impacted individuals and Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) members represented by Justice Action Center (JAC) and Make the Road New York (MRNY) urged the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to consider the perspectives of families […]
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Mixed Status Families Ask Supreme Court to Lift Freeze on President Biden’s Keeping Families Together Process
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10/11/24
Mixed Status Families File Emergency Motion and Writ of Mandamus to End Temporary Block on Keeping Families Together Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS – Yesterday, Justice Action Center (JAC) and Make the Road New York (MRNY), on behalf of 11 directly impacted individuals and Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) members, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to reverse the so-called “administrative stay” […]
10/07/24
Justice Action Center and Make the Road New York Respond to Twin Court Orders Issued Friday Night in the Case Challenging Keeping Families Together Parole
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS—Friday night, in an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirmed a district court ruling that impacted individuals could not intervene in Texas v. DHS, a case challenging the Biden administration’s Keeping Families Together parole process. The process, which has been frozen by the so-called “administrative stay” since […]
9/20/24
Mixed-Status Families File Motion to Vacate Administrative Stay on “Keeping Families Together” Parole
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS, LA – Mixed-status families represented by Justice Action Center (JAC) and Make the Road New York (MRNY) filed a motion to vacate the Fifth Circuit’s extension of a district court order blocking the federal government from issuing grants of parole for Keeping Families Together (KFT) applications. The Fifth Circuit Court […]
9/11/24
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Pauses District Court Proceedings on Case Threatening “Keeping Families Together” Parole Process
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9/03/24
Texas District Court Denies Mixed-Status Families’ Motion to Intervene in Federal Lawsuit That Threatens “Keeping Families Together” Parole Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS – A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has denied Justice Action Center and Make the Road New York’s motion to intervene on behalf of 11 directly impacted individuals and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) who have applied for the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole process. […]
8/26/24
Texas District Court Grants Administrative Stay for the Keeping Families Together Parole Process
The stay blocks the federal government from granting approvals for 14 days; applications are still being accepted FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has granted an administrative stay, barring the federal government from granting approvals for the Keeping Families Together parole process for the next 14 […]
8/26/24
Attorneys and Mixed-Status Families File Motion to Intervene in Federal Lawsuit That Threatens “Keeping Families Together” Parole Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS – Justice Action Center and Make The Road New York announced a motion to intervene in Texas v. DHS, the federal lawsuit filed last week by Texas and other states aiming to block the new Keeping Families Together (KFT) process. Justice Action Center and Make The Road New York have […]
8/19/24
“Keeping Families Together” Parole in Place Opens, Finally Offering Mixed Status Families a Chance at Relief
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Biden-Harris administration has officially opened the Keeping Families Together process, also known as “parole in place.” Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center: “Starting today, longtime undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens can apply for the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole in process, offering […]
6/26/24
U.S. Court of Appeals Damages Lower Courts’ Power to Hold Executive Branch Accountable for Refusing to Issue Diversity Visas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.— Since 2020, lawyers from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center (JAC), and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, fought to help a class of diversity visa lottery winners who had been locked out during the Trump Administration in Gomez v. Biden (first […]
9/04/20
Court Orders Trump Administration to Allow Diversity Visa Lottery Winners In
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8/03/20
Civil Rights Coalition Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Immigration Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. –– Late on Friday, July 31, litigators from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center (JAC) and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a preliminary injunction to halt implementation […]
7/17/20
Individuals, Employers and Organizations Join to File First Lawsuit Challenging Entirety of Trump’s Immigration Ban
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5/28/20
Civil Rights Coalition Files Lawsuit to Protect Families from Decades of Separation
Today, litigators from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center (JAC), and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents petitioning for their children and derivative relatives to join them in the United States. The lawsuit requests […]
4/25/20
Civil Rights Coalition Files Emergency Motion to Halt Implementation of President Trump’s Immigration Ban
Legal Experts Say This Ban Will Keep Families Apart and Hurt the U.S. Economy Today, litigators from the Justice Action Center (JAC), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and Innovation Law Lab are filing an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order on the Trump Administration’s recent immigration ban that would keep families apart. As […]