Press Releases and Statements

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 […]

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

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

[Update April 2022: Learn more about this case and other red state challenges to immigrant inclusive policies at JAC’s Litigation Tracker!] On Friday night, a diverse coalition of 29 immigrants’ rights organizations filed an amici curiae (“friends of the court”) brief illustrating the particular harm and suffering Title 42—a racist Trump-era policy that uses the pretense of the pandemic to expel

Brief Responds to Texas Motion to Force Title 42 to Apply to Unaccompanied Children and Families LOS ANGELES — The Department of Homeland Security today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) over proposed changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA). The program, which has allowed over 825,000 people to apply for deportation relief and

LOS ANGELES—Justice Action Center (JAC) expresses deep disappointment in the Biden administration’s announcement that it is taking steps to revive “Remain in Mexico,” a Trump-era policy also known as MPP that left tens of thousands of asylum seekers stuck in dangerous conditions along the Mexican border. It is beyond contention that MPP subjects asylum seekers—including

LOS ANGELES —The Supreme Court today failed to block a lower court order mandating that the government begin efforts to revive the Trump-created “Remain in Mexico” (MPP) policy. Last Friday, the Biden administration made its first such emergency request of the Court. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action

LOS ANGELES —Advocates in Afghanistan and the United States, along with journalists and leaked memos from government officials, have painted a grim picture of evacuation efforts for those seeking refuge and for those already admitted to the United States. The need for the Biden administration to redouble efforts to ensure a safe evacuation process for

WASHINGTON D.C. –– On Tuesday evening, August 17, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Biden Administration to issue 9,095 diversity visas from Fiscal Year 2020 that the court reserved nearly a year ago. This decision restores hope for thousands of families from all over the world—including Afghanistan—who have suffered excruciating uncertainty,