Children/Youth

Plaintiffs – 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...

This is a consolidation of three applications submitted by the government for a partial stay of district court injunctions in three district court cases challenging President Trump’s attempt to deny birthright citizenship to certain children of immigrants born in the United States. In addition to...

This 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...

The 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...

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...