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.
Latest Updates
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Ducey v. Moore - District CourtBorder Wall09/15/2023-Parties’ Stipulation of Dismissal (PDF)In 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
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Texas v. USA (TX DACA) - District CourtDACA09/13/2023-Memorandum & Opinion (PDF)This 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. USA (TX DACA) - District CourtDACA09/13/2023-Supplemental Injunction (PDF)This 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
Litigation Tracker
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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 -
Biden v. Texas (TX RMX) - Supreme Court
Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleOn 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 Protocols," or MPP), a...Read more -
Brnovich v. Biden (AZ Detention) - District Court
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
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