WASHINGTON – A federal district court today issued an order in CHIRLA v. Noem, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of expedited removal against those who entered the United States with parole. The plaintiffs, membership-based organizations Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), CASA, and the UndocuBlack Network (UBN), argued that the Trump administration was […]
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
WASHINGTON – Immigrants’ rights organizations went back to court last night in CHIRLA v. Noem on behalf of their members to update an earlier complaint filed to stop deportations without due process for those who entered on humanitarian parole. Over the past few weeks, immigrants across the country have had their cases dismissed in immigration
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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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Additional languages: Haga clic aquí para español. Klike la pou Kreyòl. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s request to stay a district court order in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, stripping the legal status of an estimated half a million people en masse who came to the U.S. through the
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.
Justice Action Center’s Founder and Director Karen Tumlin released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to strip some Venezuelans of their Temporary Protected Status “Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration is allowed to strip some Venezuelans of their Temporary Protected Status, which amounts to the
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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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