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. DHS (KFT Parole) - Intervention AppealParole10/04/2024-Intervenors’ Reply In Support of Motion to Vacate (PDF)This is an appeal of a district court’s refusal to let potential beneficiaries of the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole process intervene in a lawsuit brought by 16 states challenging its legality. The KFT process was created by the Biden Administration in August 2024, and it allows certain...Read more
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Texas v. DHS (KFT Parole) - Intervention AppealParole10/04/2024-Unpublished Opinion Affirming Denial of Motion to Intervene (PDF)This is an appeal of a district court’s refusal to let potential beneficiaries of the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole process intervene in a lawsuit brought by 16 states challenging its legality. The KFT process was created by the Biden Administration in August 2024, and it allows certain...Read more
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Texas v. DHS (KFT Parole) - Intervention AppealParole10/04/2024-Federal Defendants’ Reply In Support of Motion to Vacate (PDF)This is an appeal of a district court’s refusal to let potential beneficiaries of the Keeping Families Together (KFT) parole process intervene in a lawsuit brought by 16 states challenging its legality. The KFT process was created by the Biden Administration in August 2024, and it allows certain...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 an 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...Read more -
Texas v. Mayorkas (TX Asylum Ban) - Court of Appeals
Asylum RegulationsThis is an appeal by Texas of an August 2024 decision by Chief Judge Moses of the Western District of Texas holding that the State lacks standing to challenge a May 2023 regulation issued by the Biden Administration. The convoluted rule makes non-Mexican asylum seekers at the southern border...Read more -
Texas v. Mayorkas (TX Asylum Ban) - Court of Appeals
Asylum RegulationsThis is an appeal by Texas of an August 2024 decision by Chief Judge Moses of the Western District of Texas holding that the State lacks standing to challenge a May 2023 regulation issued by the Biden Administration. The convoluted rule makes non-Mexican asylum seekers at the southern border...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
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