WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging the legality of the Trump Administration’s January 2025 executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. More information about the lawsuit can be found here. Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center, issued the following statement: “The […]
EUGENE, Ore.— Last night, plaintiffs the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in PCUN v. Noem filed an emergency motion to stop ICE from indiscriminately operating in and around community-serving spaces, also known as sensitive locations. More than 60 educators and healthcare workers across 18 states provided testimony with the motion as a
MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday, border patrol agents entered the grounds of Roosevelt High School during dismissal, and video footage shows agents chased, tackled, and deployed tear gas at students and faculty hours after Renee Good was killed. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center: “All students deserve to feel safe at
PLAINTIFF AND CO-COUNSEL STATEMENTS San Francisco, Calif. — A broad coalition of schools and health care providers have submitted two legal filings in federal court seeking immediate relief from the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful $100,000 H-1B fee — an unprecedented and unauthorized cost that has already disrupted medical care, education, and local economies across the country.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SAN FRANCISCO— A broad coalition of schools and health care providers today submitted two legal filings in federal court seeking immediate relief from the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful $100,000 H-1B fee — an unprecedented and unauthorized cost that has already disrupted medical care, education, and local economies across the country. In the filings,
PLAINTIFF AND CO-COUNSEL STATEMENTS San Francisco, CA — A coalition of labor unions, health care providers, schools, and religious organizations filed suit today to stop President Trump’s latest anti-immigration power grab: a sweeping executive action that slaps an unlawful new $100,000 price tag on every new H-1B application. The proclamation – issued on September 19,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: San Francisco, CA — A coalition of labor unions, health care providers, schools, and religious organizations filed suit today to stop President Trump’s latest anti-immigration power grab: a sweeping executive action that slaps an unlawful new $100,000 price tag on every new H-1B application. The proclamation – issued on September 19, 2025,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles – A shooting into an ICE facility this morning left at least two people dead and others injured, according to authorities. Details of the incident are still developing, but authorities have confirmed that the people killed were detained immigrants. This tragic news comes amid an uptick in political violence, including,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON — The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration today in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, ruling that the administration’s termination of humanitarian parole was lawful. This ruling impacts the lawful parole status and work authorization for half a million “CHNV” humanitarian parole recipients from Cuba, Haiti,
EUGENE, Ore.—The two largest educators’ unions in the country—the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT), representing a total of nearly 5 million educators and staff—as well as impacted members of an Oregon preschool community, have joined a federal lawsuit, PCUN v. Noem, seeking to restore protections that had previously barred ICE
