Press Releases and Statements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES – Today, the Department of Homeland Security issued an announcement designating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon. This TPS designation will save lives by providing Cameroonians in the United States crucial protection from deportation back to a country in crisis, where continued armed conflict has killed more than 4,000 and has displaced […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, following a CDC order, the Biden Administration announced that it will end the Title 42 policy on May 23, which has used COVID-19 as pretext to deny migrants the right to seek asylum more than 1.7 million times since 2020. This is a welcome change, but long overdue: for two years, immigrant communities and advocates

NEW YORK—Today, on behalf of Justice for Migrant Families Western New York, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, and Rapid Defense Network (RDN), Justice Action Center, RDN, and pro bono counsel Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for records on its policies and

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