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What ‘Chevron’s’ Death at SCOTUS Could Mean for Immigration Law

Below is an analysis of the potential immigration law consequences of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision issued June 28th overruling Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council: Decided unanimously in 1984, Chevron held that where a statute is ambiguous, courts generally defer to the interpretation of the Executive branch agency tasked with administering that law, so […]

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U.S. Court of Appeals Damages Lower Courts’ Power to Hold Executive Branch Accountable for Refusing to Issue Diversity Visas 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.— Since 2020, lawyers from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center (JAC), and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, fought to help a class of  diversity visa lottery winners who had been locked out during the Trump Administration in Gomez v. Biden (first

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Biden to Announce a Promising Shift in Immigration Policy That Would Benefit Many Mixed Status Families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Biden Administration will announce a set of immigration policies that include offering certain longtime undocumented spouses of US citizens temporary protection from deportation and work authorization. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action Center, who will be attending President Biden’s announcement at the

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Biden Kowtows to Extremists with Deadly Executive Order Further Decimating Asylum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Biden issued an executive order that would allow him to summarily deport people seeking safety.  Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director at Justice Action Center: “Today’s announcement from the Biden Administration is a devastating move that would accomplish nothing except to further endanger the lives

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JAC: Biden Administration Should Extend Humanitarian Support to Haitian Community, Rather Than Deterrence and Punishment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES—As the humanitarian emergency in Haiti becomes increasingly dire, President Biden must use all available tools to support asylum seekers. Below is a statement by Vanessa Rivas-Bernardy, Counsel at Justice Action Center: “The United States’ long and shameful history of demonizing and discriminating against Haitian asylum seekers has contributed to the

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JAC: With Decision on Texas Law, Supreme Court Opens the Door to Racial Discrimination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON – In a reversal of a lower court decision, the Supreme Court allowed SB 4, Texas’s discriminatory “show me your papers” law, to take effect. The law, which is the latest ploy in Texas’s anti-immigrant agenda, was modeled after Arizona’s notorious SB 1070. Below is a statement from Justice Action Center

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Attorneys and Defendants Celebrate Federal Court Decision to Uphold Biden Immigration Parole Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2024  VICTORIA, TX – On Monday, March 11, 2024, attorneys from Justice Action Center, RAICES, and the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School Law, hosted a press conference following a federal court decision Friday in Texas v. DHS to uphold the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela

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Fallo judicial en caso Texas v. DHS constituye una victoria para inmigrantes y patrocinadores

Para difusión inmediata 8 de marzo de 2024 Victoria, Texas—La Corte de los Estados Unidos por el Distrito Sur de Texas emitió hoy una decisión en el caso Texas v. DHS, una demanda a través de la cual varios estados buscaban deshacer el programa de parole para personas de Cuba, Haití, Nicaragua y Venezuela. La

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