Press Releases and Statements

Trump Administration Moves to Deport More Than 500,000 Lawful Immigrants After Stripping Them of Their Status

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 […]

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Organizations File in Court to Fight Back Against ICE Court-steps Detentions 

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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JAC’s Response to the Los Angeles ICE Raids: “LA Doesn’t Want Any of This”

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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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Circumvent District Court’s Ruling and Strip Lawful Immigration Status from Nearly 500,000 People

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

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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Processing of Immigration Benefit Applications for Humanitarian Parole Recipients and Certifies Nationwide Class to Ensure All Impacted Individuals are Protected

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.

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STATEMENT FROM JUSTICE ACTION CENTER’S KAREN TUMLIN

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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Ninth Circuit Upholds Legal Protections for Immigrant Children

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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Birthright Citizenship Case at SCOTUS is About Belonging as Much as Constitutionality

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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Appeals Court Denies Trump Administration’s Request to Allow it to Revoke Lawful Status of Hundreds of Thousands

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

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Federal District Court Orders Trump Administration to Protect Immigrant Children

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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