FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS – Justice Action Center and Make The Road New York announced a motion to intervene in Texas v. DHS, the federal lawsuit filed last week by Texas and other states aiming to block the new Keeping Families Together (KFT) process. Justice Action Center and Make The Road New York have […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Biden-Harris administration has officially opened the Keeping Families Together process, also known as “parole in place.” Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center: “Starting today, longtime undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens can apply for the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole in process, offering
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
What ‘Chevron’s’ Death at SCOTUS Could Mean for Immigration Law Read More »
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
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
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
Biden Kowtows to Extremists with Deadly Executive Order Further Decimating Asylum Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES – The Biden administration announced today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if implemented, would dramatically increase the authority of the executive to curtail the rights and protections of asylum seekers. If enacted as written, the proposal would create a structure for some asylum seekers to have their cases rejected
Biden Asylum Regulation Devoid of Real Solutions Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C.— The Biden Administration announced today that it would publish a final rule to allow DACA recipients greater access to health care under the Affordable Care Act. The move undoes an exclusion made by President Obama in 2012, which was decried by immigrants’ rights activists at the time. Below is a
Health Care Error Rightfully Fixed by President Biden Read More »
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
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
JAC: With Decision on Texas Law, Supreme Court Opens the Door to Racial Discrimination Read More »
