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2026

• 5/21/26: LitTracker: How processing delays became a deportation tool
• 4/28/26: LitTracker: The Rise of Trump’s Surveillance State
• 3/31/26: LitTracker: Deadly Impact of New Immigration Policies

2025

• 12/18/25: LitTracker: 2025 Year in Review!
• 12/5/25: Legal Wins in Syrian TPS and Immigrant Youth Lawsuits
• 11/19/25: Lawsuits Challenging ICE Raids and Detention Conditions In Major Cities
• 11/6/25: Latest on Lawsuits Challenging ICE Raids In Major U.S. Cities and Syria TPS Termination
• 10/24/25: Latest on Lawsuits Defending Unaccompanied Children and Immigrant Survivors of Serious Crimes
• 10/7/25: Supreme Court Shadow Docket Takes Down TPS + A Coalition Sues Trump on New H1B Visa Fee
• 9/25/25: TPS, Expedited Removal, and Parole Litigation Updates
• 9/9/25: Expedited Removal, TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians, and LA ICE Raids
• 8/28/25: Expedited Removal, TPS for Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua, & New CBP One Parole Lawsuit
• 8/13/25: Expedited Removal, the State of Asylum, and TPS for Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua
• 7/30/25: New Lawsuits on Immigration Court Arrests + SIJS Deferred Action, Birthright Citizenship EO Found Unconstitutional, & More
• 7/15/25: New Lawsuits on TPS Terminations and L.A. ICE Raids, Judge Issues New Block on Birthright Citizenship EO
• 7/2/25: Birthright Citizenship, Third-Country Deportations, and Threats to Sanctuary
• 6/17/25: Unaccompanied Children, Access to Asylum, and CECOT
• 6/5/25: SCOTUS Allows Revocation of CHNV Parole Status; Trump Admin Goes to SCOTUS on 3rd Country Removals; Fight to Preserve TPS Continues
• 5/20/25: SCOTUS Allows Termination of TPS for VZ; District Court Says ‘No’ to 3rd Country Removals; Lawsuits Filed Against Termination of TPS for Afghanistan and Cameroon; Litigation Protecting Sponsorship for Unaccompanied Children
• 5/8/25: Some Good News for Unaccompanied Children and Legal Service Providers, Trump Admin’s Response to Immigrant Inclusive Litigation, and more
• 4/23/25: Ideological Deportations, Unaccompanied Children, Third-Country Deportations, & the Government in Criminal Contempt
• 4/8/25: Unaccompanied Kids, Registration Rule, & Deportation to Third Countries
• 4/1/25: Venezuelan TPS, Unaccompanied Kids, Expedited Removal, Alien Enemies Act, & more
• 3/10/25: Refugee Resettlement, TPS, Sensitive Locations, + More
• 2/25/25: Refugee Resettlement, TPS, Sensitive Locations, and More
• 2/11/25: Challenging Anti-Immigrant Moves by the 2nd Trump Admin

2024

• 9/27/24: Two Cases to be Argued in NOLA on 10/10; Kansas Goes North to Block Healthcare
• 8/8/24: TX Loses Again on Standing; Two New Suits Filed
• 5/31/24: 1 TX win, 1 TX loss, and 1 in which TX walks away
• 4/26/24: LA Judge Dismisses Suit Over Asylum Officer Regulation, Other Updates
• 4/12/24: Border Wall Intervenors; Razor Wire Back to the Fifth; TX wants CHNV Do-over
• 3/22/24: While SB4 Ping-Pongs, DHS Ordered to Build Border Barriers & Razor Wire Case Gets Hearing
• 3/1/24: Latest in TX & FL Suits regarding Asylum & Detention
• 2/16/24: Special Edition: How Red States are Repeating History
• 2/1/24: Conflict continues over TX razor wire; OA on FL detention suits
• 1/11/24: Feds ask SCOTUS to vacate protections for TX’s razorwire; key deadlines loom in other cases 

2023

• 11/9/23: Judge grants TRO to protect TX’s razor wire; advocates for unaccompanied migrant children go to trial
• 10/26/23: TX Sues to Keep its Razor Wire; $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Going to Trial
• 9/22/23: An expected loss for DACA and a report out on the CHNV trial
• 9/8/23: Previewing the next big judicial decisions
• 8/11/23: CHNV Parole Programs Head to Trial Before Judge Tipton
• 7/14/23: Several Dismissals Follow SCOTUS Decision, Judge Orders Biden Admin to Turn Over Asylee Information
• 6/23/23: SCOTUS Holds That TX & LA Lack Standing & Other Updates
• 5/31/23: Updates on FL Parole, CHNV, DACA & Asylum Ban
• 5/15/23: T42’s expiration brings new restrictions on asylum, red state litigation on the few humanitarian pathways left
• 4/21/23: More Defenders for CHNV Parole; Discovery Fights Continue in LA; TX Targets $1.7 Trillion in Federal Spending
• 4/3/23:  Individuals Seek Intervention to Defend CHNV Parole; Red States Demand Names of Asylum Seekers
• 3/15/23: FL Wins Detention Suit; TX Judge Won’t Transfer CHNV Case; WV RMX Case Awakens
• 3/6/23: T42 Cases in Limbo; CHNV Parole Headed for Quick Bench Trial* and more
• 2/22/23: Legal Decoder on Biden’s Proposed Asylum Ban
• 2/10/23: Mexico Says No to RMX 3.0; AZ Gets Dismissive; New Asylum Ban Fast-Tracked
• 1/26/23: Red States Sue over New Parole Program; Fifth Circuit to Hear OA on T42 Termination
• 1/18/23: New Year, Same Story: Red States Continue Attacks on Migrants

2022

• 12/15/22: Title 42 at DC Circuit; Florida’s Demand to Detain More Migrants Headed to Trial
• 12/2/22: Title 42 Held Unlawful but Red States Seek to Intervene; SCOTUS Hears Arguments on ICE Enforcement Guidance
• 11/4/22: As Election Day Approaches, Red States Go All-In on Anti-Immigrant Bigotry
• 10/6/22: Fifth Circuit Sides with Texas on DACA
• 9/29/22: Update on Litigation over Detention of Asylum Seekers, NEPA, and More
• 9/9/22: Updates on Litigation over DACA and RMX; Forecasting Litigation on New “Public Charge” Rule
• 8/18/22: Updates on RMX and Border Wall Construction
• 8/4/22: Fifth Circuit Prolongs Injunction of RMX Termination While Litigation Over Asylum Regulation Slows
• 7/22/22: SCOTUS Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split on Immigration Enforcement Guidance, But Keeps It Blocked for Now
• 6/30/22: Key Takeaways of Remain In Mexico (RMX) SCOTUS Decision
• 6/17/22: ICE Priorities Memo Held Unlawful; Partial Stay of Title 42 Injunction Denied; Indiana Flies Solo
• 5/26/22: States Seek Injunction of Asylum Regulation; Updates on Title 42
• 5/12/22: TX Sues Over Asylum; Border Wall Litigation Still Stalled; Updates on Title 42; FAQs
• 4/29/22: TRO granted in Legal Challenge to Title 42 Rescission; Red States Seek Preliminary Injunctions
• 4/12/22: LA & TX Challenge Title 42 Wind-Down; ICE Enforcement Guidance Back in Effect—For Now
• 4/1/22: CDC issues “Public Health Determination and Order” terminating the Title 42 Policy
• 3/29/22: ICE Enforcement Guidance; Border Wall Fight; CAM Parents Seek to Intervene
• 3/4/22: Title 42 Has Big Day in Court, But Going Both Ways; Other Litigation Pauses Due to RMX Case
• 2/18/22: TX Goes Judge-Shopping; AZ Fails to Co-Opt Enviro Laws for Anti-Immigrant Agenda
• 2/1/22: Litigation Updates on RMX, CAM and 2020 Diversity Visas
• 1/18/22: New Year, Same Anti-Immigrant Policies

2021

• 12/8/21: “Waiting for Godot”: Asylum Policies and ICE Priorities
• 11/22/21: RMX, Title 42, and DACA
• 10/22/21: Introducing JAC’s Litigation Tracker