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 AppealParole09/12/2024-Texas’s Answering Brief (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 AppealParole09/11/2024-Order Staying District Court Proceedings & Exetending “Administrative Stay” of KFT Process (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) - District CourtParole09/11/2024-Notice of Stay of Proceedings (PDF)This case is a challenge by 16 states (led by Texas and Idaho) to the Keeping Families Together (KFT) process created by the Biden Administration in August 2024, through which certain undocumented immigrant spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens can apply for “parole-in-place.” Parole is a...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 -
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 -
Coe v. Biden - District Court
ICEMandatory DetentionParoleProsecutorial DiscretionThis lawsuit was on behalf of seven Texas county sheriffs and a non-profit organization, the Federal Police Foundation, that claims to have Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as its members. They sued the Biden Administration over immigration enforcement guidance, issued in January and...Read more -
Florida v. USA (FL ICE Priorities) - Court of Appeals
Mandatory DetentionParoleProsecutorial DiscretionICEThis was an appeal of a May 2021 district court decision denying the State of Florida’s request to preliminary enjoin (block) immigration enforcement guidance, issued in January and February 2021, for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and...Read more -
Florida v. USA (FL ICE Priorities) - District Court
Mandatory DetentionParoleProsecutorial DiscretionICEIn March 2021, the State of Florida 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 -
Texas v. USA (TX Deportation Moratorium) - District Court
Mandatory DetentionProsecutorial DiscretionICEThe day President Biden was inaugurated, his Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum pausing most deportations for 100 days while the new administration issued new immigration enforcement guidance. Texas sued two days later, claiming that the challenged memorandum did not go...Read more -
Texas v. USA (TX ICE Priorities) - District Court
ICEMandatory DetentionParoleProsecutorial DiscretionIn April 2021, Texas and Louisiana sued the Biden Administration over immigration enforcement guidance that set out criteria and guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider when prioritizing cases for enforcement and deportation (e.g. whether an individual is a national...Read more
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