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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Texas v. Mayorkas (TX Asylum Rule) - District CourtAsylum Regulations07/09/2024-Federal Government’s Answer to the Complaint (PDF)On 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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Missouri v. Biden (MO Border Wall) - Intervention AppealBorder Wall06/28/2024- Appeal docketedThis is an appeal of a district court order denying intervention of non-parties to join the case and the district court’s final judgment order and permanent injunction. In the original case, the States of Missouri and Texas challenged the Biden Administration’s cessation of border wall construction...Read more
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Texas v. DHS (TX CHNV Parole) - Court of AppealsParole06/26/2024-Texas’s Opening Brief on Appeal (PDF)This is an appeal of a March 8, 2024 district court decision in which Judge Tipton dismissed the case based on his finding that Texas failed to demonstrate it is harmed due to the CHNV parole programs, and therefore does not have standing to maintain the case. Just a few days later, Texas and the 20...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 -
Louisiana v. Garland (LA Asylum Rule) - Court of Appeals
Asylum RegulationsThis is an appeal of a April 2024 district court decision dismissing the suit brought by 19 states challenging an asylum-related regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security in March 2022. Prior to issuing that regulation, DHS provided notice of it and invited the public to comment on it...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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