FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, the Senate revealed legislative text of a bill that, if signed into law, would make several permanent changes to our immigration system. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center (JAC): “Immigration is not just an issue or campaign tactic—it’s fundamentally about people and what […]
It’s already February and we’re still waiting for big decisions regarding the CHNV parole program, the public charge regulation, and Texas’s challenge to a few trillion in federal spending, but we did get a decision this week adding to Kris Kobach’s long losing streak, and here’s hoping it signals new reasonableness on the part of
Litigation Tracker: Conflict continues over TX razor wire; OA on FL detention suits Read More »
It’s a new year and new developments in litigation we’re tracking are fully underway; see below for the latest in TX’s razorwire litigation and updates on key deadlines approaching in other important cases. And as always, you can check our microsite for the latest updates on extremist litigation challenging immigrant inclusive policies. Biden Administration asks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—As a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators continue negotiations on President Biden’s supplemental funding request this week, immigration groups are urging lawmakers to safeguard the few remaining asylum protections and other key tenets of our immigration system. Reports reflect that certain extremist senators are attempting to hold foreign aid hostage in
JAC: Immigrant Rights Are Non-Negotiable Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES — Immigrants’ rights advocates took the stand at trial today in ImmDef v. DHS, a lawsuit filed to protect the congressionally mandated rights of unaccompanied children who had prior interaction with Remain in Mexico, otherwise known as MPP. The trial is the latest step in a case initially filed under
Advocates for Immigrant Children Have Their Day in Court in ImmDef v. DHS Read More »
