FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.— Since 2020, lawyers from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center (JAC), and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, fought to help a class of diversity visa lottery winners who had been locked out during the Trump Administration in Gomez v. Biden (first […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Biden Administration will announce a set of immigration policies that include offering certain longtime undocumented spouses of US citizens temporary protection from deportation and work authorization. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action Center, who will be attending President Biden’s announcement at the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Biden issued an executive order that would allow him to summarily deport people seeking safety. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director at Justice Action Center: “Today’s announcement from the Biden Administration is a devastating move that would accomplish nothing except to further endanger the lives
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Summer is just around the corner, and with that are also some recent decisions coming out of Texas in extremist challenges to immigrant inclusive policies; see below for developments from May. As always, you can find more information about these and other cases on our microsite. Judge Tipton denies intervention in border wall dispute, enters
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES – The Biden administration announced today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if implemented, would dramatically increase the authority of the executive to curtail the rights and protections of asylum seekers. If enacted as written, the proposal would create a structure for some asylum seekers to have their cases rejected
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C.— The Biden Administration announced today that it would publish a final rule to allow DACA recipients greater access to health care under the Affordable Care Act. The move undoes an exclusion made by President Obama in 2012, which was decried by immigrants’ rights activists at the time. Below is a
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See below for recent updates and upcoming decisions in extremist challenges to immigrant inclusive policies. As always, you can find more information about these and other cases on our microsite. 19-state challenge to asylum officer regulation dismissed for lack of standing Last week in the Western District of Louisiana, Judge Joseph dismissed for lack of
