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.
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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. 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 challenged the Biden Administration’s cessation of border wall construction. It originally began as two separate cases and has had a long and complicated procedural history. In July 2021, George P. Bush filed suit on behalf of the General Land Office of the State of Texas and himself, as...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) - Intervention Appeal
Border WallThis 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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