FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES – In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court limited nationwide injunctions. The Supreme Court did not address the constitutionality of the birthright citizenship executive order, which every court that has, has found to be flagrantly unconstitutional. Instead, the Supreme Court used this case to limit the use of nationwide injunctions, […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice today to all beneficiaries of the humanitarian parole pathway for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (“CHNV” humanitarian parole) directing them to “self-deport” immediately. This impacts approximately 500,000 people who entered the U.S. lawfully, after their U.S. sponsors’ applications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center, responds to the Trump administration’s escalation against Los Angeles immigrant communities: “Our hearts break for our immigrant neighbors and their loved ones across the city of Los Angeles who are being unjustly targeted by a presidential administration with a penchant for cruelty. We
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON—A federal judge in Massachusetts issued two rulings in Svitlana Doe v. Noem today, this time ordering the Trump administration to resume processing of applications for more lasting immigration status or benefits (such as work permits) filed by noncitizens who were granted lawful status in this country through categorical humanitarian parole programs.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal district court’s order compelling the government to resume funding for legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children. This is the latest update in CLSEPA v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This case arose when the federal government cut off critical congressionally appropriated funding
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three consolidated cases today, each challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. Numerous other cases were filed across the country against this unlawful executive order (more information is available on our litigation tracker). Karen Tumlin, Founder
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON—The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today denying the Trump administration’s request to stay a district court decision in Svitlana Doe v. Noem that halted the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke the legal status and work permits of hundreds of thousands of people who came to the U.S. through the humanitarian
SAN FRANCISCO– A federal district court once again ordered the Trump administration to fund attorneys for unaccompanied children, reversing a move the administration had made when it cut funding to legal service providers that specialize in representing vulnerable immigrant children who would otherwise be left to face the deportation system alone. The order is the
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Eugene, ORE. — Today, community organizations and faith leaders across the country held a press conference announcing their lawsuit filed yesterday against the Trump administration after it terminated decades’ old protections for spaces such as community organizations, schools, hospitals, and places of worship from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The plaintiffs, represented by Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Justice Action Center announced the filing of a federal lawsuit against the government for shutting down critical legal representation programs for unaccompanied immigrant children. The lawsuit, filed against the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and
