Mixed-Status Families File Motion to Vacate Administrative Stay on “Keeping Families Together” Parole 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS, LA – Mixed-status families represented by Justice Action Center (JAC) and Make the Road New York (MRNY) filed a motion to vacate the Fifth Circuit’s extension of a district court order blocking the federal government from issuing grants of parole for Keeping Families Together (KFT) applications. The Fifth Circuit Court

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Pauses District Court Proceedings on Case Threatening “Keeping Families Together” Parole Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals paused a district court case challenging the Keeping Families Together parole process in the Eastern District of Texas. The Court also extended the pause on grants of parole until October 10, when it will hear oral arguments on Justice Action Center

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Texas District Court Denies Mixed-Status Families’ Motion to Intervene in Federal Lawsuit That Threatens “Keeping Families Together” Parole Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS – A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has denied Justice Action Center and Make the Road New York’s motion to intervene on behalf of 11 directly impacted individuals and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) who have applied for the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole process.

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Texas District Court Grants Administrative Stay for the Keeping Families Together Parole Process

The stay blocks the federal government from granting approvals for 14 days; applications are still being accepted FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYLER, TEXAS — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has granted an administrative stay, barring the federal government from granting approvals for the Keeping Families Together parole process for the next 14

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