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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The Թֱ, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2021

Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Sierra Club v. Trump — Challenge to Trump’s National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall
In February 2019, the Թֱ filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency powers declaration to secure funds to build a wall along the southern border. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition. The lawsuit argues that the president is usurping Congress’s appropriations power and threatening the clearly defined separation of powers inscribed in the Constitution. On January 20, 2021, President Biden halted further border wall construction. Litigation in this and subsequent related challenges has been paused or deadlines extended while the Թֱ’s clients and the Biden administration determine next steps.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020

Immigrants' Rights
Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam
Whether immigrants are entitled to seek judicial review of their “expedited removal” orders in federal court.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2020

Immigrants' Rights
International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump
The Թֱ and other partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s Muslim ban executive order, charging it violates the Constitution — including the First Amendment’s prohibition of government establishment of religion and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantees of equal treatment under the law — and federal laws.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2019

Immigrants' Rights
Nielsen v. Preap
Whether the government can require that certain people are detained for the duration of their deportation proceedings — without a hearing — because they have past criminal records.
Court Case
May 2018

Immigrants' Rights
Colotl v. Kelly
UPDATE 5/25/18: The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to renew Jessica Colotl’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work permit to resolve a lawsuit brought by the Թֱ, the Թֱ of Georgia, and Kuck Baxter Immigration in May 2017 against DHS for arbitrarily terminating Jessica’s DACA and rejecting her renewal application.
Indiana
Oct 2016

Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al
The Թֱ and the Թֱ of Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to stop attempts to suspend resettlement of Syrian refugees, claiming the governor’s actions violate the United States Constitution and federal law.
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175 Immigrants' Rights Cases

Florida
May 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Peter Sean Brown v. Richard Ramsay
The Թֱ, Թֱ of Florida, and Americans for Immigrant Justice filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was unlawfully detained — and nearly deported — as a result of a Florida sheriff’s improper collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Florida
May 2025

Immigrants' Rights
Peter Sean Brown v. Richard Ramsay
The Թֱ, Թֱ of Florida, and Americans for Immigrant Justice filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was unlawfully detained — and nearly deported — as a result of a Florida sheriff’s improper collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Georgia
May 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Y.A.P.A. v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.
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Georgia
May 2025

Immigrants' Rights
Y.A.P.A. v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.

Texas
May 2025
Immigrants' Rights
WMM v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.
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Texas
May 2025

Immigrants' Rights
WMM v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.

Rhode Island
May 2025
Immigrants' Rights
G.M.G. v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.
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Rhode Island
May 2025

Immigrants' Rights
G.M.G. v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.

Court Case
May 2025
Immigrants' Rights
G.F.F. v. Trump
The Թֱ and New York Civil Liberties Union, in partnership with The Legal Aid Society whose clients are plaintiffs in the litigation, filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court in New York to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.
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Court Case
May 2025

Immigrants' Rights
G.F.F. v. Trump
The Թֱ and New York Civil Liberties Union, in partnership with The Legal Aid Society whose clients are plaintiffs in the litigation, filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court in New York to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.