Litigation Tracker: Conflict continues over TX razor wire; OA on FL detention suits
It’s already February and we’re still waiting for big decisions regarding the CHNV parole program, the public charge regulation, and Texas’s challenge to a few trillion in federal spending, but we did get a decision this week adding to Kris Kobach’s long losing streak, and here’s hoping it signals new reasonableness on the part of
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Litigation Tracker: Feds ask SCOTUS to vacate protections for TX’s razorwire; key deadlines loom in other cases
It’s a new year and new developments in litigation we’re tracking are fully underway; see below for the latest in TX’s razorwire litigation and updates on key deadlines approaching in other important cases. And as always, you can check our microsite for the latest updates on extremist litigation challenging immigrant inclusive policies. Biden Administration asks
DACA Ruling Leaves Hundreds of Thousands in Continued Limbo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Texas district court judge just ruled against DACA in the Texas v. United States case. This new ruling does not impact current DACA recipients and their ability to renew, nor does it change their access to advanced parole. Below is a statement from Laura Flores, Skadden Fellow at Justice Action Center.
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After a California District Court Blocks Biden’s Asylum Ban, JAC Calls for Renewed Access to Safety
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO— A California district court judge just struck down the Biden administration’s asylum ban in a major victory for the right to seek safety. The judge’s order is stayed for 14 days, during which the asylum ban will remain in place. Justice Action Center’s Communications Coordinator Joan Agoh said: “We celebrate the bravery
ImmDef v. DHS (Unaccompanied Children)
Initially filed against the Trump administration, and now the Biden administration for denying unaccompanied children previously subjected to the Migrant Protection Protocols program (MPP, also known as Remain in Mexico) their congressionally mandated protections under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). The federal government seeks to continue this dangerous and harmful practice in violation
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Texas v. DHS (CHNV Parole)
Texas and 20 states filed Texas v. DHS to challenge a process the Biden Administration established to permit nationals of specific countries to apply for and receive a two-year period of “parole”—a statutorily authorized form of temporary permission for a non-citizen to live in the United States. The Biden Administration created the first such process
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Gomez v. Biden (2020 Diversity Visas)
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center (JAC), and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, filed this lawsuit in the summer of 2020 on behalf of family-based immigrant visa petitioners, diversity visa 2020 lottery winners, and non-immigrant employment-based visa sponsors, challenging President Trump’s April and June 2020 proclamations,
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