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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Alabama v. Mayorkas - District Court
ICEMandatory DetentionProsecutorial DiscretionIn April 2022, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia sued the Biden Administration over immigration enforcement guidance, issued in September 2021, that set out criteria and guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and deportation (e.g...Read more -
Arizona v. Biden (AZ ICE Priorities II) - District Court
ICEMandatory DetentionProsecutorial DiscretionIn November 2021, Arizona, Montana, and Ohio sued the Biden Administration regarding immigration enforcement guidance, issued in September 2021, for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and deportation (e.g., whether an individual is a...Read more -
Arizona v. Biden (AZ ICE Priorities II)- Court of Appeals
Mandatory DetentionProsecutorial DiscretionICEThis is an appeal by the federal government of the March 22, 2022 decision of a trial court preliminarily enjoining (blocking) guidance the Biden Administration issued in September 2021 for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and deportation...Read more -
Arizona v. DHS (AZ ICE Priorities) - Court of Appeals
ICEMandatory DetentionParoleProsecutorial DiscretionThis was an appeal by the States of Arizona and Montana of a district court order dismissing their claims against immigration enforcement guidance, issued in January and February 2021, for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and deportation...Read more -
Arizona v. DHS (AZ ICE Priorities) - District Court
ICEMandatory DetentionParoleProsecutorial DiscretionIn early 2021, Arizona and Montana sued the Biden Administration regarding immigration enforcement guidance, issued in January and February 2021, for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and deportation (e.g. whether an individual is a...Read more -
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
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