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Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese

2:82-cv-01107 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 4, 1982

Case Ongoing

In 1982, a group of Salvadoran refugees filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging practices and procedures of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in detaining, processing, and removing those seeking political asylum from El Salvador. The plaintiffs alleged that the INS (1) used coercive tactics to cause Salvadorans to accept "voluntary departure" to El Salvador; (2) failed to advise them of their right to co…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Make the Road New York v. Pompeo

1:19-cv-11633 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule in 2018. Generally, “public charge” refers to assessments immigration officers make when deciding immigration applications. If an officer decides that an applicant is likely to depend on government benefits programs, their application can be denied for public charge. The new rule expanded the types of programs that the federal g…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond

5:24-cv-00526 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 23, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Oklahoma House Bill 4156 (H.B. 4156), enacted in April 2024, which established the crime of “impermissible occupation” and authorized Oklahoma law enforcement to arrest individuals for being present in the United States without legal authorization. Notably, the bill did not provide a defense for people currently seeking asylum, other humanitarian protection, or any other relief available under federal law. On May 23, 2024, Padres Unidos de Tulsa, an advocacy organization co…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
L.G.M.L. v. Kristi Noem

1:25-cv-02942 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case followed media reports revealing the Trump administration's plans to summarily deport hundreds of Guatemalan minors. At 1:02 a.m. on August 31, 2025, ten Guatemalan unaccompanied minors (ages 10–17), represented by the National Immigration Law Center, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated children. The suit named multiple federal agencies and their respective leaders, including the Department of Hom…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged an interim final rule (IFR) issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 12, 2025, that purported to establish a new, nationwide immigration registration system. The IFR created new requirements for noncitizens aged 14 and older who had been in the U.S. for at least 30 days but were not yet registered under the current system. The rule required them to submit personal information, fingerprints, and biometric data through a new online system. The rule also ma…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Davids v. Adams

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s interpretation of the recently passed Idaho House Bill 135 and their decision to impose immigration status verification requirements on recipients of certain federally-funded public welfare programs. On June 26, 2025, a family health physician and five anonymous plaintiffs filed a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by the ACLU of Idaho, the National Immigration Law Center and private at…

Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lowcountry Immigration Coalition v. Haley

2:11-cv-02779 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2014

On October 12, 2011, a coalition of immigrant rights groups and individual immigrants filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, against the State of Carolina and Charleston County. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of South Carolina, the national ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Immigration Law Center, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo

18-cv-07818 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 31, 2018, two nonprofit organizations and fifteen individuals filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the Trump Administration's implementation of the waiver provision of the Travel Ban (Presidential Proclamation No. 9645). The Travel Ban indefinitely banned millions of nationals of five Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Pars Equality Center and OneAmerica are immigrant and refugee advocacy o…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomez v. Jaddou

1:21-cv-09203 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2021

Closed Date: Nov. 15, 2022

This is a case about the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reversal of a 30-year policy and practice which would have denied the lawful permanent residency applications for otherwise previously eligible applicants. On November 8, 2021, a group of noncitizen immigrants residing in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) category filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The suit was filed against U.S. Ci…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. v. Executive Office for Immigration Review

1:20-cv-03812 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a Department of Justice (DOJ) rule, issued under the first Trump administration, that set a new fee schedule for removal proceedings. 85 Fed. Reg. 82,750. On December 23, 2020, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), along with several other immigration service organizations, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under Judge Amit P. Mehta. The Plaintiffs sued the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) - a sub-agency o…

Administrative Stay Granted