In addition to its usual showers and unusual celestial events, this April has also brought several developments in extremist litigation challenge immigrant-inclusive policies; and as usual, most of those developments are out of federal courts in Texas. See below and our microsite for the latest. Applying border wall injunction gets messy, could stiff third parties […]
As we continue to celebrate a win defending the CHNV Parole Program, we’re also keeping track of developments in anti-immigrant legislation moving through the courts. For example, we’re processing the whiplash (administratively speaking) of Texas’s SB4, which was preliminarily enjoined on Feb. 29 by the district court; briefly allowed to go into effect by the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES—As the humanitarian emergency in Haiti becomes increasingly dire, President Biden must use all available tools to support asylum seekers. Below is a statement by Vanessa Rivas-Bernardy, Counsel at Justice Action Center: “The United States’ long and shameful history of demonizing and discriminating against Haitian asylum seekers has contributed to the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON – In a reversal of a lower court decision, the Supreme Court allowed SB 4, Texas’s discriminatory “show me your papers” law, to take effect. The law, which is the latest ploy in Texas’s anti-immigrant agenda, was modeled after Arizona’s notorious SB 1070. Below is a statement from Justice Action Center
JAC: With Decision on Texas Law, Supreme Court Opens the Door to Racial Discrimination Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2024 VICTORIA, TX – On Monday, March 11, 2024, attorneys from Justice Action Center, RAICES, and the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School Law, hosted a press conference following a federal court decision Friday in Texas v. DHS to uphold the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela
Para difusión inmediata 8 de marzo de 2024 Victoria, Texas—La Corte de los Estados Unidos por el Distrito Sur de Texas emitió hoy una decisión en el caso Texas v. DHS, una demanda a través de la cual varios estados buscaban deshacer el programa de parole para personas de Cuba, Haití, Nicaragua y Venezuela. La
Version en español aquí FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2024 VICTORIA, TX — The federal district court for the Southern District of Texas ruled against states today in Texas v. DHS, a lawsuit that attempted to curtail the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela Humanitarian Parole program. The court found that states lacked standing to sue. Below
