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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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29 Organizations Sign on To Amici Brief Illustrating the Particular Cruelty Title 42 Inflicts on Children and Families Seeking Asylum

[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

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New Proposed Regulation Makes Clear: Congress Must Act on Immigration

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

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Justice Action Center Condemns Biden Administration’s Plans to Revive “Remain in Mexico”

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

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