Immigration Litigation Tracker
[NOTE: Archived in 2025]
This site follows these cases through the court system and houses important filings, news coverage, and advocacy tools to advance a more humane and dignified immigration system.
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PCUN v. Noem (Sensitive Locations)Sensitive Locations, JAC Case01/22/2026-Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (PDF)A coalition of five different organizational plaintiffs, including a labor union and a membership organization comprising over 800 congregations in the City and County of San Francisco, filed suit to challenge DHS’s rescission of the so-called “sensitive locations” memo, which had codified long...Read more
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CLSEPA v. HHS - Court of Appeals (Preliminary Injunction Appeal)JAC Case, Children/Youth10/10/2025-Order Denying Petition for Rehearing En Banc (PDF)The federal government has appealed a district court’s preliminary injunction blocking the government from withdrawing funding for the legal representation of unaccompanied children–representation that the government is required to fund “to the greatest extent practicable” by the Trafficking Victims...Read more
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Svitlana Doe v. Noem (Humanitarian Parole) - Court of AppealsParole, JAC Case09/12/2025-Order Vacating District Court Order and Remanding (PDF)The federal government has appealed an order from Judge Talwani staying (blocking from going into effect) a Federal Register Notice that would have prematurely terminated all existing authorized grants of parole under the Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) as...Read more
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A.C.R. v. Noem (SIJS Deferred Action Policy) - District Court
DACA/Deferred ActionChildren/YouthNine immigrant youth and legal service providers CARECEN-NY and Centro Legal de La Raza filed this class action lawsuit challenging the federal government’s end to the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Deferred Action Policy. The SIJS Deferred Action Policy was established in 2022 to allow...Read more -
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (Student/Ideological Deportations)
Plaintiffs—the American Association of University Professors (“AAUP”), three AAUP campus chapters, and the Middle East Studies Association—filed this lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's implemented policy of “ideological deportation,” comprised of large-scale arrests, detentions, and...Read more -
Angelica S. v. HHS (UAC Detention) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionChildren/YouthPlaintiffs – five children in government custody and Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) – filed suit to challenge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policies that have resulted in a significant increase in the length of detention for unaccompanied children. Children like...Read more -
Barbara v. Trump (Birthright EO Class Action) - Court of Appeals
Birthright CitizenshipOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially set to go into effect on February 19, 2025. The order declares that a child who is born in the United States is not a citizen if...Read more -
Barbara v. Trump (Birthright EO Class Action) - District Court
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially set to go into effect on February 19, 2025. The order declares that a child who is born in the United States is not a citizen if...Read more -
Biden v. Texas (TX RMX) - Supreme Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)Parole[ARCHIVED - September 2025] On February 18, 2022, the Supreme Court granted the Biden Administration's request to review the decision of the Fifth Circuit holding that the federal government must restart and maintain the "Remain in Mexico" (“RMX”) program (also referred to as the "Migrant Protection...Read more
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