Press Releases and Statements

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 […]

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – This 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), filed an application asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Texas v. DHS and allow the federal government to begin granting

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”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS—Friday night, in an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirmed a district court ruling that impacted individuals could not intervene in Texas v. DHS, a case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

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals paused a district court case challenging the Keeping Families Together parole process in the Eastern District of Texas. The Court also extended the pause on grants of parole until October 10, when it will hear oral arguments on Justice Action Center

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.

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