WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court announced today it would review the legality of the Trump Administration’s January 2025 executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, which has long been settled law in the United States. Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center, issued the following statement: “No matter how many times he […]
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,
Washington — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the government’s request to stay, or pause, the district court’s order to protect those paroled into the United States from a form of fast tracked deportation known as expedited removal. This ruling leaves in place the district court’s order, issued on
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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
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
