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JAC Urges Biden Administration to Immediately Issue TPS For Cameroon

Justice Action Center (JAC) urges the Biden Administration to issue Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon. JAC deputy director Adela de la Torre issued the following statement: “There are no possible reasons other than political cowardice and anti-Black racism that the Biden Administration should hesitate any longer in designating TPS for Cameroon, where continued armed […]

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JAC Responds to President Biden’s Immigration Record After First Year

It has been one year since President Biden took office. Below, Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action Center, reflects on the Biden administration’s immigration record: “Immigrant communities are still suffering under harmful policies of the Trump administration Biden had campaigned on ending. While Biden did take welcomed executive action, such as rescinding Trump’s

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Un Recours Collectif Fédéral Allègue le Traitement Raciste et Abusif des Migrants Haïtiens à Del Rio

PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE 20 Décembre 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Alléguant des violences physiques, de la discrimination raciale, le refus de fournir des produits de première nécessité et des traitements médicaux, ainsi que l’absence totale de traitement des demandes d’asile, Haitian Bridge Alliance, 11 demandeurs d’asile haïtiens, Justice Action Center et Innovation Law Lab ont intenté aujourd’hui une action

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Federal Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Racist and Abusive Treatment of Haitian Migrants in Del Rio, Texas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Alleging physical abuse, racial discrimination, denial of basic necessities and medical treatment, and a complete failure to process asylum claims, Haitian Bridge Alliance, 11 Haitian asylum seekers, Justice Action Center, and Innovation Law Lab brought suit against the Biden administration today. The federal class action lawsuit alleges the U.S. government violated

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JAC Condemns Biden Administration’s Restarting and Expansion of Remain in Mexico Program

LOS ANGELES—Today, the Biden Administration issued a new implementation memo outlining the ways it will restart the Trump-era Remain in Mexico program (also known as MPP), in cooperation with the Mexican government, starting next week. Since its implementation by the Trump administration in 2019, Remain in Mexico has stranded tens of thousands of asylum seekers in dangerous

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JAC Responds to House Vote on Build Back Better Infrastructure Bill

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better infrastructure bill, which would include investments in affordable housing, childcare, action on climate change, and immigration reform. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center: “The Build Back Better bill passed in the House today would improve life

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Biden Administration Moves to Fulfill Campaign Promise and End Remain in Mexico for Good

LOS ANGELES—Following two months of pressure from immigrant communities and advocates, the Biden administration is moving to follow through on its campaign promise to end the Remain in Mexico policy (also known as MPP) with a new memo issued today. Since its implementation by the Trump administration in 2019, Remain in Mexico has stranded tens of

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The Racist, Cruel, and Inhumane Remain in Mexico Policy is Now the Shameful Legacy of the Biden Administration

LOS ANGELES—The Biden Administration announced via legal filings late yesterday that it aimed to restart Remain in Mexico, a devastating Trump-era policy also known as MPP, as early as mid-November. Remain in Mexico forces U.S.-bound asylum seekers to wait in Mexico indefinitely while their cases make their way through the U.S. immigration court system. Asylum

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Legal Service Organizations Sue Biden Administration to Demand Transparency in Processing of Unaccompanied Children Under “Remain in Mexico” Policy

HOUSTON — The Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project (GHIRP), YMCA of Greater Houston,  International Services (YMCA), and Justice Action Center (JAC), represented by Bracewell LLP, filed on October 1st, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding the federal government provide transparency in its processing of unaccompanied children at the southern border. The suit demands that the Biden administration

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