Tracking Extremist Challenges to Immigrant Inclusive Policies
Since President Biden took office, extremist attorneys general have been co-opting the legal system in efforts to continue anti-immigrant policies.
This site follows these cases through the court system and houses important filings, news coverage, and advocacy tools to advance a more humane, moral and dignified immigration system.
Latest Updates
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Arizona v. Garland (AZ Asylum Rule) - District CourtAsylum Regulations04/17/2024-Final Judgment (PDF)This suit is a challenge by 19 states (initially led by Arizona, which later bowed out of the case but is still listed as the “lead” plaintiff in the caption) to an asylum-related regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security in March 2022. Prior to issuing that regulation, DHS provided...Read more
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Arizona v. Garland (AZ Asylum Rule) - District CourtAsylum Regulations04/16/2024-Memorandum Ruling Granting Motion to Dismiss (PDF)This suit is a challenge by 19 states (initially led by Arizona, which later bowed out of the case but is still listed as the “lead” plaintiff in the caption) to an asylum-related regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security in March 2022. Prior to issuing that regulation, DHS provided...Read more
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Texas v. USA (TX DACA) - Court of Appeals IIDACA04/09/2024-Texas’s Brief on Appeal (PDF)This is an appeal of a district court decision granting the request by Texas and eight other states to permanently enjoin (block) the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA was created in 2012 by the Obama Administration, and it permits certain immigrants brought to the United...Read more
Litigation Tracker
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Arizona v. Garland (AZ Asylum Rule) - District Court
Asylum RegulationsThis suit is a challenge by 19 states (initially led by Arizona, which later bowed out of the case but is still listed as the “lead” plaintiff in the caption) to an asylum-related regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security in March 2022. Prior to issuing that regulation, DHS provided...Read more -
Indiana v. Mayorkas (IN Asylum Ban) - District Court
Asylum RegulationsIndiana and 17 other states filed this lawsuit in May 2023 to challenge a regulation issued a few weeks earlier by the Biden Administration. The convoluted rule makes non-Mexican asylum seekers at the southern border presumptively ineligible for asylum in the United States, subject to narrow...Read more -
Texas v. Mayorkas (TX Asylum Ban) - District Court
Asylum RegulationsTexas filed this lawsuit in May 2023 to challenge a regulation issued a few weeks earlier by the Biden Administration. The convoluted rule makes non-Mexican asylum seekers at the southern border presumptively ineligible for asylum in the United States, subject to narrow, tightly restricted...Read more -
Texas v. Mayorkas (TX Asylum Rule) - District Court
Asylum RegulationsOn April 28, 2022, Texas filed this suit to challenge an asylum-related regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security a month prior. Notice of that proposed regulation had been issued in August 2021, after which the public was invited to comment. Texas claims that the regulation is...Read more
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