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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The 勛圖眻畦, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations 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 Trumps National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall
In February 2019, the 勛圖眻畦 filed a lawsuit challenging President Trumps 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 Congresss 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 勛圖眻畦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 勛圖眻畦 and other partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trumps Muslim ban executive order, charging it violates the Constitution including the First Amendments prohibition of government establishment of religion and the Fifth Amendments 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 Colotls Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work permit to resolve a lawsuit brought by the 勛圖眻畦, the 勛圖眻畦 of Georgia, and Kuck Baxter Immigration in May 2017 against DHS for arbitrarily terminating Jessicas DACA and rejecting her renewal application.
Indiana
Oct 2016

Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al
The 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 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 governors actions violate the United States Constitution and federal law.
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172 Immigrants' Rights Cases

Idaho
Mar 2025
Immigrants' Rights
IDAHO ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS v. LABRADOR
The 勛圖眻畦 of Idaho and the 勛圖眻畦 filed a lawsuit against Idaho to stop enforcement of House Bill 83, charging the law violates the U.S. Constitution by attempting to supersede the federal governments oversight of immigration enforcement, by impermissibly limiting interstate commerce, and by failing to give ordinary people fair notice of what conduct it proscribes.
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Idaho
Mar 2025

Immigrants' Rights
IDAHO ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS v. LABRADOR
The 勛圖眻畦 of Idaho and the 勛圖眻畦 filed a lawsuit against Idaho to stop enforcement of House Bill 83, charging the law violates the U.S. Constitution by attempting to supersede the federal governments oversight of immigration enforcement, by impermissibly limiting interstate commerce, and by failing to give ordinary people fair notice of what conduct it proscribes.

Washington, D.C.
Mar 2025
Immigrants' Rights
J.G.G. v. TRUMP
The 勛圖眻畦, Democracy Forward, and the 勛圖眻畦 of the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over the presidents unlawful and unprecedented invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. The Alien Enemies Act, passed in 1798, is a wartime authority providing that the president may after a public proclamation apprehend, restrain, and remove citizens of a foreign country that is engaged in a declared war or invasion or predatory incursion against the United States. The lawsuit charges that President Trump's invocation of a centuries-old wartime act unlawfully during peacetime to accelerate mass deportations, sidestepping the limits of this wartime authority and the procedures and protections in immigration law. The Alien Enemies Acts previous use during wartime for example, its invocation during World War II to justify the internment of people of Japanese ancestry has correctly drawn sustained criticism. Employing it as a way to evade domestic laws in peacetime is fundamentally wrong.
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Washington, D.C.
Mar 2025

Immigrants' Rights
J.G.G. v. TRUMP
The 勛圖眻畦, Democracy Forward, and the 勛圖眻畦 of the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over the presidents unlawful and unprecedented invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. The Alien Enemies Act, passed in 1798, is a wartime authority providing that the president may after a public proclamation apprehend, restrain, and remove citizens of a foreign country that is engaged in a declared war or invasion or predatory incursion against the United States. The lawsuit charges that President Trump's invocation of a centuries-old wartime act unlawfully during peacetime to accelerate mass deportations, sidestepping the limits of this wartime authority and the procedures and protections in immigration law. The Alien Enemies Acts previous use during wartime for example, its invocation during World War II to justify the internment of people of Japanese ancestry has correctly drawn sustained criticism. Employing it as a way to evade domestic laws in peacetime is fundamentally wrong.

New York
Mar 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Free Speech
Khalil v. Trump
Whether a legal permanent resident of the U.S. can be arrested and detained on the basis of their political speech and advocacy.
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New York
Mar 2025

Immigrants' Rights
Free Speech
Khalil v. Trump
Whether a legal permanent resident of the U.S. can be arrested and detained on the basis of their political speech and advocacy.

Court Case
Mar 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Espinoza Escalona v. Noem
Immigrants rights advocates sued the Trump administration to halt the transfer of immigrants from the United States to Guant獺namo Bay in Cuba under President Trumps recent order.
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Court Case
Mar 2025

Immigrants' Rights
Espinoza Escalona v. Noem
Immigrants rights advocates sued the Trump administration to halt the transfer of immigrants from the United States to Guant獺namo Bay in Cuba under President Trumps recent order.

Court Case
Feb 2025
Immigrants' Rights
勛圖眻畦 FOIA Suit for ICEs Updated Solitary Confinement Policy
ICEs use of special management units, or solitary confinement, has prompted active concern and attention from Congress, the media, and advocates. On Dec. 6, 2024, ICE announced that it had issued policy updates for the use of special management units (SMU), or solitary confinement cells, for detained immigrants. ICE, however, has not made a copy of the updated policy publicly available. Weve sued to obtain a copy of this policy to better defend immigrants subject to solitary confinement in detention.
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Court Case
Feb 2025

Immigrants' Rights
勛圖眻畦 FOIA Suit for ICEs Updated Solitary Confinement Policy
ICEs use of special management units, or solitary confinement, has prompted active concern and attention from Congress, the media, and advocates. On Dec. 6, 2024, ICE announced that it had issued policy updates for the use of special management units (SMU), or solitary confinement cells, for detained immigrants. ICE, however, has not made a copy of the updated policy publicly available. Weve sued to obtain a copy of this policy to better defend immigrants subject to solitary confinement in detention.