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 Trump 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.
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Texas v. USA (TX DACA) - District CourtDACA11/09/2023-Notices of AppealThis case is a challenge by Texas and eight other states to 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 States as children to apply, on a case-by-case basis, for temporary...Read more
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Texas v. DHS (TX Razorwire) - District CourtBorder Wall11/09/2023-Order Extending Emergency TRO (PDF)On October 24, 2023, Texas sued the Biden Administration to stop Custom and Border Protection agents from cutting concertina wire (aka “razor wire”) that the State has been installing as a border barrier. Like the large buoys Texas previously put in the Rio Grande, the razor wire is part of Texas’...Read more
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Texas v. DHS (TX Razorwire) - District CourtBorder Wall10/30/2023-Order Granting Emergency TRO (PDF)On October 24, 2023, Texas sued the Biden Administration to stop Custom and Border Protection agents from cutting concertina wire (aka “razor wire”) that the State has been installing as a border barrier. Like the large buoys Texas previously put in the Rio Grande, the razor wire is part of Texas’...Read more
Litigation Tracker
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Arizona v. Mayorkas (AZ Border Wall) - Court of Appeals
Border WallCOVIDICEMandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleProsecutorial DiscretionTitle 42This was an appeal in a case where Arizona challenges at least five different immigration-related policies of the Biden administration, principally on the ground that they allegedly violate an environmental law. Arizona’s main contention is that since the various policies could result in an increase...Read more -
Arizona v. Mayorkas (AZ Border Wall) - District Court
Border WallCOVIDICEMandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleProsecutorial DiscretionTitle 42In this case, Arizona challenged at least five different immigration-related policies of the Biden Administration, principally based on an environmental law statute. Arizona’s main contention was that since the various policies could result in an increase in the U.S. population, and because that...Read more -
Bush v. Biden (TX Border Wall) - District Court
Border WallThis case challenges the Biden Administration’s cessation of border wall construction. It originally began as two separate cases. In July 2021, George P. Bush filed suit on behalf of the General Land Office of the State of Texas and himself, as its Commissioner. Bush says that terminating border...Read more -
Ducey v. Moore - District Court
Border WallIn October 2022, a politically-connected private company hired by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey began using stacked shipping containers to build a “border wall” between gaps in the current fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona (where the federal government was already working to fill those...Read more -
Missouri v. Biden (MO Border Wall) - Final Judgment Appeal
Border WallThis is an appeal of a district court order dismissing Texas and Missouri’s challenge to the Biden Administration’s cessation of border wall construction. The states allege that it violates the Constitution and budgetary statutes and did not go through required procedures. In August 2022, the...Read more -
Missouri v. Biden (MO Border Wall) - Preliminary Injunction Appeal
Border WallIn this case, the States of Missouri and Texas challenged the Biden Administration’s cessation of border wall construction, alleging that it violates the Constitution and budgetary statutes and did not go through required procedures. After filing suit, Missouri and Texas asked the district court to...Read more
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