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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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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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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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
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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Eugene, ORE. — Today, community organizations and faith leaders across the country held a press conference announcing their lawsuit filed yesterday against the Trump administration after it terminated decades’ old protections for spaces such as community organizations, schools, hospitals, and places of worship from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The plaintiffs, represented by Innovation
Judge’s ruling covers people who came through “CHNV” humanitarian parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON—A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled against the Trump administration today, halting its attempt to revoke the legal status and work permits of half a million people who came to the U.S. through a lawful
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal district court issued a Temporary Restraining Order shortly after oral argument in CLSEPA v. HHS, temporarily restoring critical legal services for unaccompanied children. Legal service providers sued the Trump administration last week after the administration announced it would no longer fund these services for unaccompanied kids, in violation of the
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit to halt the Trump administration’s attempt to strip certain immigrants of their due process rights. The administration is using the deeply flawed deportation process called “expedited removal” —to summarily deport immigrants without a hearing or an attorney. Parolees should not
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Justice Action Center announced the filing of a federal lawsuit against the government for shutting down critical legal representation programs for unaccompanied immigrant children. The lawsuit, filed against the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and
