Immigration Litigation Tracker
[NOTE: Archived in 2025]
This site follows these cases through the court system and houses important filings, news coverage, and advocacy tools to advance a more humane and dignified immigration system.
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PCUN v. Noem (Sensitive Locations)Sensitive Locations, JAC Case01/22/2026-Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (PDF)A coalition of five different organizational plaintiffs, including a labor union and a membership organization comprising over 800 congregations in the City and County of San Francisco, filed suit to challenge DHS’s rescission of the so-called “sensitive locations” memo, which had codified long...Read more
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CLSEPA v. HHS - Court of Appeals (Preliminary Injunction Appeal)JAC Case, Children/Youth10/10/2025-Order Denying Petition for Rehearing En Banc (PDF)The federal government has appealed a district court’s preliminary injunction blocking the government from withdrawing funding for the legal representation of unaccompanied children–representation that the government is required to fund “to the greatest extent practicable” by the Trafficking Victims...Read more
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Svitlana Doe v. Noem (Humanitarian Parole) - Court of AppealsParole, JAC Case09/12/2025-Order Vacating District Court Order and Remanding (PDF)The federal government has appealed an order from Judge Talwani staying (blocking from going into effect) a Federal Register Notice that would have prematurely terminated all existing authorized grants of parole under the Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) as...Read more
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A.C.R. v. Noem (SIJS Deferred Action Policy) - District Court
DACA/Deferred ActionChildren/YouthNine immigrant youth and legal service providers CARECEN-NY and Centro Legal de La Raza filed this class action lawsuit challenging the federal government’s end to the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Deferred Action Policy. The SIJS Deferred Action Policy was established in 2022 to allow...Read more -
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (Student/Ideological Deportations)
Plaintiffs—the American Association of University Professors (“AAUP”), three AAUP campus chapters, and the Middle East Studies Association—filed this lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's implemented policy of “ideological deportation,” comprised of large-scale arrests, detentions, and...Read more -
Angelica S. v. HHS (UAC Detention) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionChildren/YouthPlaintiffs – five children in government custody and Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) – filed suit to challenge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policies that have resulted in a significant increase in the length of detention for unaccompanied children. Children like...Read more -
Barbara v. Trump (Birthright EO Class Action) - Court of Appeals
Birthright CitizenshipOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially set to go into effect on February 19, 2025. The order declares that a child who is born in the United States is not a citizen if...Read more -
Barbara v. Trump (Birthright EO Class Action) - District Court
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially set to go into effect on February 19, 2025. The order declares that a child who is born in the United States is not a citizen if...Read more -
Biden v. Texas (TX RMX) - Supreme Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)Parole[ARCHIVED - September 2025] On February 18, 2022, the Supreme Court granted the Biden Administration's request to review the decision of the Fifth Circuit holding that the federal government must restart and maintain the "Remain in Mexico" (“RMX”) program (also referred to as the "Migrant Protection...Read more -
Brnovich v. Biden (AZ Detention) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionParoleThis was a suit by Arizona against the Biden Administration regarding two different sets of unrelated policies: COVID-19 vaccine mandates as to federal employees and contractors, on the one hand, and the circumstances under which asylum seekers should be detained, on the other. Arizona filed suit in...Read more -
CASA v. Noem (Afghanistan & Cameroon TPS) - Court of Appeals
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of the district court’s denial of Plaintiff CASA’s request for a stay (pause) of the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for Afghans and Cameroonians. Plaintiff alleges in the lower court that the government’s actions purportedly terminating TPS for Afghanistan and Cameroon...Read more -
CASA v. Noem (Afghanistan & Cameroon TPS) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusPlaintiff CASA, a membership-based organization, filed this lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Afghanistan and Cameroon. TPS is a form of humanitarian relief provided by the INA, which allows the Secretary of...Read more -
CASA v. Noem (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusCASA and Make the Road New York are challenging DHS Secretary Noem’s decision to 1) vacate (nullify) the 18-month extension of Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted by the Biden administration on January 17, 2025, and 2) terminate the Biden administration’s 2023 designation of...Read more -
CASA v. Trump (Birthright EO) - District Court
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthThis case was brought by CASA and ASAP (immigrants’ rights organizations) and five pregnant women to challenge President Trump’s executive order seeking to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States if, at the time of the child’s birth, (1) their mother was either “unlawfully...Read more -
CASA v. Trump (Birthright EO) - Court of Appeals
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthThis is an appeal of a district court’s preliminary injunction of President Trump’s attempt to deny birthright citizenship to certain children of immigrants born in the United States, in a case brought by CASA and ASAP (immigrants’ rights organizations) and five pregnant women. On February 28, 2025...Read more -
CHIRLA v. DHS (Registration Rule) - Court of Appeals
ICE[ARCHIVED - September 2025] This is an appeal of several dispositive orders from Judge McFadden in the district court of D.C., CHIRLA v. DHS (Registration Rule) - District Court. Plaintiffs are four membership-based non profit organizations––Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (“CHIRLA”), United...Read more -
CHIRLA v. DHS (Registration Rule) - District Court
ICE[ARCHIVED - September 2025] Plaintiffs are four membership-based non profit organizations––Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (“CHIRLA”), United Farm Workers of America (“UFW”), CASA, and Make the Road New York (“MRNY”)––challenging the interim final rule issued by DHS, the “show me your papers”...Read more -
CHIRLA v. Noem - Court of Appeal (Expedited Removal of Parole Recipients)
Expedited RemovalJAC CaseThis case is the government’s appeal of the district court’s August 1, 2025 order that stayed (paused) the three agency actions at issue to stop the application of expedited removal to paroled individuals. On August 14, the government filed an emergency motion for a stay of the district court’s...Read more -
CHIRLA v. Noem - District Court (Expedited Removal of Parole Recipients)
Expedited RemovalParoleJAC CaseThree immigrant justice membership organizations - Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), UndocuBlack Network, and CASA - filed this lawsuit on behalf of their members who were granted parole through various humanitarian parole processes, including through the program for Cubans, Haitians...Read more -
CLSEPA v. HHS - Court of Appeals (Preliminary Injunction Appeal)
JAC CaseChildren/YouthThe federal government has appealed a district court’s preliminary injunction blocking the government from withdrawing funding for the legal representation of unaccompanied children–representation that the government is required to fund “to the greatest extent practicable” by the Trafficking Victims...Read more -
CLSEPA v. HHS - Court of Appeals (TRO Appeal)
JAC CaseChildren/YouthThe federal government appealed a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) from the district court that temporarily blocked the government from withdrawing funding for the legal representation of unaccompanied children–representation that the government is required to fund “to the greatest extent...Read more -
CLSEPA v. HHS - District Court
Children/YouthJAC CasePlaintiffs are eleven legal service providers from all over the country that, until March 21, 2025, provided representation and related services to unaccompanied children with funding from the federal government. They filed this lawsuit to challenge a “stop work” order sent by the Trump...Read more -
Doe v. Noem (Syria TPS) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusOn October 20, 2025, seven Syrian nationals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or pending applications for TPS, who have lived in the United States for years and have deep ties to this country and their communities, filed suit against the Trump administration. Plaintiffs challenge Defendants’...Read more -
Espinoza Escalona v. Noem (Gitmo Detention) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionPlaintiffs – ten noncitizens in immigration custody at imminent risk of transfer from the United States to the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (“Guantanamo”) – filed this lawsuit to block transfers of immigration detainees to Guantanamo and the detention of immigrants there. In January...Read more -
Florida v. Mayorkas (FL Detention II) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionParoleThe State of Florida filed this case on May 10, 2023—the day before “ Title 42 ” pandemic-based border restrictions expired—to challenge a newly-issued DHS policy known as “ Parole with Conditions. ” Under that policy, some asylum seekers can be released from detention (on immigration “parole,” a...Read more -
Florida v. USA (FL Detention I) - Court of Appeals
Detention/Mandatory DetentionParoleThis is an appeal of a March 2023 decision by a district court judge in Florida to vacate (nullify) a DHS policy authorizing, in certain circumstances, the release from detention of some asylum seekers and instead monitoring them via less expensive and arguably more humane alternatives to detention...Read more -
Florida v. USA (FL Detention I) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionParoleThe State of Florida filed this case in September 2021 to challenge decades-long practices of the federal government whereby some asylum seekers are released from detention while the federal government adjudicates their claims for humanitarian protection (which often takes years). Florida claims...Read more -
Florida v. USA (FL Detention II) - Court of Appeals
Detention/Mandatory DetentionParoleThis is an appeal of a May 2023 decision by a district court judge in Florida to preliminarily enjoin (block) a DHS policy authorizing, in certain circumstances, the release from detention of some asylum seekers and instead monitoring them via less expensive and arguably more humane alternatives to...Read more -
Global Nurse Force v. Trump (H-1B Entry Ban)
JAC CaseThe H-1B visa program was created by Congress to help U.S. based employers attract highly skilled professionals — such as doctors, nurses, engineers, teachers, and researchers — from around the globe to fill specialized jobs and urgent needs in the economy. On September 19, 2025, without warning...Read more -
Haitian Evangelical Clergy Association v. Trump (Haitian TPS Termination) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusNine Haitian TPS holders, the Haitian Evangelical Clergy Association, and SEIU - Local 32BJ (a labor union) filed suit to challenge the Trump administration’s decision to partially vacate (nullify) the Biden administration’s 18-month extension of TPS for Haiti. TPS is a form of humanitarian relief...Read more -
Haitian-Americans United v. Trump (TPS Terminations) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusFour individual TPS recipients and three membership organizations serving Haitian and Venezuelan TPS holders (Haitian-Americans United, Inc.; Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts; and UndocuBlack Network, Inc.) filed suit to challenge DHS Secretary Noem’s decision to vacate (nullify) the 18-month...Read more -
ICWC v. Noem (Detention of Noncitizen Survivors of Crimes) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionFor over three decades, Congress has created a statutory framework through immigration laws and regulations to provide noncitizen survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and other serious crimes a pathway to permanent residence, specifically via the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA...Read more -
Indiana v. Biden - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionParole[ARCHIVED/CLOSED- October 2025] In this lawsuit, Indiana challenges decades-old practices of the federal government whereby some asylum seekers are released from detention while the federal government adjudicates their claims for humanitarian protection (which often takes years). Indiana claims that...Read more -
Kansas v. USA (DACA ACA) - Court of Appeals
DACA/Deferred ActionThis is an appeal of a December 9, 2024 district court decision preliminarily enjoining (blocking) the federal government from enforcing a rule against the 19 plaintiff states; in that rule (which took effect on November 1, 2024), the Department of Health and Human Services clarified that recipients...Read more -
Kansas v. USA (DACA ACA) - District Court
DACA/Deferred ActionIn this case, 19 states (led by Kansas but filed in North Dakota) challenge the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) May 2024 rule clarifying that recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program–like others with deferred action–are eligible to...Read more -
Las Americas v. Noem - District Court (Gitmo Counsel)
In this case, three individuals and four immigrant-serving nonprofit organizations ( Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, RAICES, American Gateways, and Americans for Immigrant Justice) originally filed suit on February 12, 2025 to challenge the Trump Administration’s policies under which...Read more -
Mennonite Church USA v. DHS - Court of Appeals (Sensitive Locations)
This is an appeal of the district court’s denial of Plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion requesting that the court block Defendants from effectuating the rescission memo. On January 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo that superseded and rescinded government policy...Read more -
Moreno Gonzalez v. Noem (ICE Detention Conditions in Illinois) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionIn September 2025, the Trump administration launched a widespread, coordinated immigration enforcement operation in the Chicago area called “Operation Midway Blitz.” Hundreds of people were arrested through this operation, and most were taken to the Broadview ICE Facility outside the city. Broadview...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (NTPSA II/TPS for Honduras, Nepal & Nicaragua) - Court of Appeals
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of the district court’s order to stay the effective terminations of TPS for the affected countries (Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua) until at least November 18, 2025. At the court below, Plaintiffs—National TPS Alliance (NTPSA) and seven individual plaintiffs—bring this litigation...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (NTPSA II/TPS for Honduras, Nepal & Nicaragua) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusPlaintiffs—National TPS Alliance (NTPSA) and seven individual plaintiffs—bring this litigation challenging the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. As a result, Nepali TPS holders stand to lose their status by August...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (TPS Termination) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusA coalition of organizational and individual plaintiffs sued DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to challenge her decision to 1) vacate (nullify) the 18-month extension of Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted by the Biden administration on January 17, 2025, and 2) terminate the Biden...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - Court of Appeals (Preliminary Relief)
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of a district court decision staying (pausing) the Trump Administration’s attempt to cut short Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some Venezuelans. TPS is a form of humanitarian relief against deportation to countries dealing with armed conflict and/or natural disasters; shortly...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - Court of Appeals (Summary Judgment)
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of a district court decision granting summary judgment, finding the federal government’s move to cancel TPS for more than one million Venezuelans and Haitians violated the Administrative Procedure Act. TPS is a form of humanitarian relief against deportation to countries dealing...Read more -
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump (Birthright EO) - Court of Appeals
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthOn January 20, 2025, the same day President Trump issued an Executive Order that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, several immigrant rights’ organizations (the ACLU, ACLU of New Hampshire, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, Asian Law Caucus, State...Read more -
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump (Birthright EO) - District Court
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially set to go into effect on February 19, 2025. The order declares that a child who is born in the United States is not a citizen if, at...Read more -
New Jersey v. Trump (Birthright EO) - District Court
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthOn January 21, 2025, a coalition of states, the District of Columbia, and the City and County of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over President Trump’s Executive Order depriving certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially...Read more -
New Jersey v. Trump - Court of Appeals (Birthright EO)
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthThis is the appeal of the district court’s preliminary injunction of President Trump’s attempt to deny birthright citizenship to certain children of immigrants born in the United States. On March 13, the government appealed to the Supreme Court seeking a partial stay of the district court's...Read more -
Noem v. National TPS Alliance (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - Supreme Court (Preliminary Relief)
Temporary Protected StatusFollowing the Ninth Circuit’s April 18 order denying the federal government’s request to stay Judge Chen’s order, the government requested an emergency stay from the Supreme Court on May 1. On May 8, Plaintiffs filed their opposition to the government’s application for a stay. On May 19, the Supreme...Read more -
Noem v. National TPS Alliance (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - Supreme Court (Summary Judgment)
Temporary Protected StatusFollowing the Ninth Circuit’s September 17 order denying the federal government’s request to stay Judge Chen’s September 5 summary judgment order, the government requested an emergency stay from the Supreme Court on September 19. The district court decision granting summary judgment had found that...Read more -
Noem v. Svitlana Doe (Humanitarian Parole) - Supreme Court
ParoleJAC CaseFollowing Judge Talwani’s April 14 order enjoining the federal government from terminating CHNV parole grants, the federal government asked the First Circuit to stay (pause) the district court’s order while the parties litigate the government’s appeal. On May 5, the First Circuit denied the...Read more -
Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo (Southern CA Raids) - Supreme Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionFollowing the Ninth Circuit’s denial as to the government’s stay (pause) request on the district court’s TROs—except as to one clause—the government elevated its request to the Supreme Court. On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the government’s stay request in yet another unreasoned, 6-3...Read more -
PCUN v. Noem (Sensitive Locations)
Sensitive LocationsJAC CaseA coalition of five different organizational plaintiffs, including a labor union and a membership organization comprising over 800 congregations in the City and County of San Francisco, filed suit to challenge DHS’s rescission of the so-called “sensitive locations” memo, which had codified long...Read more -
RAICES v. Noem - Court of Appeals (Asylum Ban)
AsylumThis is an appeal of a district court’s July 2, 2025 decision to grant partial summary judgment and class certification for Plaintiffs regarding President Trump's executive order (“asylum ban EO”) that denies noncitizens coming to the southern border their right (protected by U.S. law) to request...Read more -
RFK Human Rights v. DOS (Detention in El Salvador/CECOT)
Detention/Mandatory DetentionIn February of 2025, the United States Department of State entered into an Agreement with El Salvador which allowed the United States to remove individuals to be held in an El Salvadorian prison system infamous for its human rights abuses, inhumane prison conditions, and lack of due process. As of...Read more -
Sileiri Doe v. DHS (CBP One Parole) - District Court
ParoleIn 2023, non-citizens seeking asylum or other immigration relief in the United States were required to use the CBP One mobile application to schedule appointments at ports of entry. After inspection, some were granted parole, which is a temporary permission to live and work in the United States...Read more -
State of Washington v. Trump (Birthright EO) - Court of Appeals
Birthright CitizenshipChildren/YouthOn January 21, 2025, a group of states—Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon—filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order seeking to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States if, at the time of the child’s birth, (1) their mother was either “unlawfully...Read more -
State of Washington v. Trump (Birthright EO) - District Court
Birthright CitizenshipOn January 21, 2025, a group of states—Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon—filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order seeking to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States if, at the time of the child’s birth, (1) their mother was either “unlawfully...Read more -
Svitlana Doe v. Noem (Humanitarian Parole) - Court of Appeals
ParoleJAC CaseThe federal government has appealed an order from Judge Talwani staying (blocking from going into effect) a Federal Register Notice that would have prematurely terminated all existing authorized grants of parole under the Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) as...Read more -
Svitlana Doe v. Noem (Humanitarian Parole) - District Court
ParoleJAC CaseThis lawsuit is on behalf of eleven parole beneficiaries, seven parole sponsors, and organizational plaintiff Haitian Bridge Alliance, challenging the Trump administration’s actions to end so-called “categorical” humanitarian parole processes, including parole processes for Cuban, Haitians...Read more -
Texas v. Biden (TX CAM) - District Court
ParoleChildren/YouthIn January 2022, Texas (along with seven other states) filed this lawsuit challenging the Central American Minors (CAM) program. Through CAM, certain nationals of the Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) who are lawfully in the United States can request, on a case-by...Read more -
Texas v. Biden (TX RMX) - Court of Appeals I
Detention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleThis is an appeal of a district court’s order that the Biden Administration restart the "Remain in Mexico" program (also referred to as the "Migrant Protection Protocols," or MPP), a Trump-era policy requiring certain asylum seekers to be returned to Mexico and forced to wait there for the months or...Read more -
Texas v. Biden (TX RMX) - Court of Appeals II
Detention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleThis is an appeal of a district court’s order that stayed (paused) the Biden Administration’s second attempt to end the "Remain in Mexico" program (also referred to as the "Migrant Protection Protocols," or MPP), a Trump-era policy requiring certain asylum seekers to be returned to Mexico and forced...Read more -
Texas v. Biden (TX RMX) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleIn April 2021, Texas and Missouri sued the Biden Administration for ending a policy, created in late 2018 by the Trump Administration, under which certain asylum seekers are returned to Mexico and forced to wait there for the months or years required for the U.S. government to process their...Read more -
Texas v. DHS (KFT Parole) - District Court
ParoleThis case has a complicated history. This 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...Read more -
Texas v. DHS (KFT Parole) - Intervention Appeal
ParoleThis 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 -
Texas v. DHS (TX CHNV Parole) - Court of Appeals
ParoleThis 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 -
Texas v. DHS (TX CHNV Parole) - District Court
ParoleOur intervenor, Valerie, reuniting with her brother, Reginald, as he arrives for the first time to the United States from Haiti. Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol) This lawsuit is on behalf of 21 states (led by Texas) challenging a process the Biden Administration established to permit...Read more -
Texas v. Garland (TX ATD) - District Court
Detention/Mandatory DetentionTexas filed this case in mid-February 2023 challenging parts of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023–a $1.7 trillion appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden in December 2022. Texas claims to be injured by two unrelated provisions of the Act: (1) a $20 million...Read more -
Texas v. Mayorkas (TX Public Charge) - District Court
Texas filed this suit in early January 2023 to challenge a regulation DHS finalized in September 2022 that defines when immigrants can be denied a visa or green card because they are likely to become a “ public charge.” U.S. immigration law has had a “public charge” provision since 1882–the same...Read more
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