Undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens can apply for Biden program
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“Keeping Families Together” Parole in Place Opens, Finally Offering Mixed Status Families a Chance at Relief
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Biden-Harris administration has officially opened the Keeping Families Together process, also known as “parole in place.” Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of Justice Action Center: “Starting today, longtime undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens can apply for the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole in process, offering
Litigation Tracker: TX Loses Again on Standing; Two New Suits Filed
As we enter the dog days of summer, we are greeted by new extremist challenges to immigrant-inclusive policies—and a new trend: the addition of private plaintiffs to State/local government-led lawsuits challenging federal immigration policy (presumably to compensate for their own lack of standing post-USA v. Texas). See below and our microsite for recent developments. District
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What ‘Chevron’s’ Death at SCOTUS Could Mean for Immigration Law
Below is an analysis of the potential immigration law consequences of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision issued June 28th overruling Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council: Decided unanimously in 1984, Chevron held that where a statute is ambiguous, courts generally defer to the interpretation of the Executive branch agency tasked with administering that law, so
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U.S. Court of Appeals Damages Lower Courts’ Power to Hold Executive Branch Accountable for Refusing to Issue Diversity Visas
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
Biden to Announce a Promising Shift in Immigration Policy That Would Benefit Many Mixed Status Families
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
Biden Kowtows to Extremists with Deadly Executive Order Further Decimating Asylum
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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Litigation Tracker: 1 TX win, 1 TX loss, and 1 in which TX walks away
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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