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. 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 -
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
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