Litigation Tracker: Latest in TX & FL Suits regarding Asylum & Detention 

As we celebrate the just-issued preliminary injunction blocking Texas’s anti-immigrant SB4, see below (and our microsite) for other February developments in extremist litigation challenging immigrant-inclusive policies.  Judge Kacsmaryk denies motion to dismiss TX suit over asylum rule in 9-page opinion  In early February, Judge Kacsmaryk issued an opinion denying the Department of Justice’s motion to […]

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Litigation Tracker Special Edition: How Red States are Repeating History   

This week we’re taking a break from our regular programming around red state litigation challenging federal immigrant-inclusive policies (as posted on our microsite) to examine a related topic: recent political ploys by extremist state politicians attempting to take immigration policy into their own hands—even when doing so is unlawful under controlling precedent.  Let’s start in

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JAC: Newly Unveiled Senate Bill Would Radically Reshape Immigration Processes for Countless People

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

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Litigation Tracker: Conflict continues over TX razor wire; OA on FL detention suits 

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

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Litigation Tracker: Feds ask SCOTUS to vacate protections for TX’s razorwire; key deadlines loom in other cases  

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

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JAC: Immigrant Rights Are Non-Negotiable

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

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