Special Collection: Trump 1.0 & 2.0 Immigration Enforcement Order Challenges

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In 2017, President Trump issued a series of executive orders relating to immigration and refugee policy and announced his plan to repeal an Obama Administration executive order expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Legal challenges ensued immediately following each action. This collection consists of challenges to the immigration enforcement orders, including litigation related to sanctuary cities/states, DACA, deportations, and border wall construction. This collection also includes challenges brought in the second Trump administration.

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge against the deportation of Salvadoran national.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. Noem

1:25-cv-00872 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration policies expanding expedited removal of immigrants in the US legally through humanitarian parole processes.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-10676 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DHS policy and practice of deporting noncitizens to countries that are not their designated county of removal without due process.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

1:25-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Indian citizen with student visa filed petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention and removal from the United States.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

J.G.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Proclamation declaring certain Venezuela nationals "Alien Enemies" subject to immediate deportation without judicial review.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00677 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration nonprofits asked Court to declare it unlawful for the IRS or Treasury to release tax records for the purpose of enforcing immigration laws.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CASA, Inc. v. Noem

8:25-cv-00525 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DHS's attempts to strip immigrant Venezuelans in the United States of their Temporary Protected Status.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

National TPS Alliance v. Noem

3:25-cv-01766 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DHS's attempts to strip immigrant Venezuelans in the United States of their Temporary Protected Status

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. United States Department of State

1:25-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration's suspension of refugee resettlement funding

Preliminary Injunction Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump

1:25-cv-01309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem

1:25-cv-00418 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigrant advocates and immigrants challenge Guantanamo Bay detention.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00403 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by religious organizations to potential immigration enforcement in religious spaces.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Pacito v. Trump

2:25-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration's halt to refugee program.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump

3:25-cv-01350 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by 16 cities/counties to Trump Administration policies targeting cities and states with sanctuary policies

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v. Noem

1:25-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's closing off of asylum application processes.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to freeze on programs providing legal resources for noncitizens facing deportation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates v. Rubio

1:25-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

County of Santa Clara v. Trump

5:25-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Administrative Stay Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:25-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by religious organizations to potential immigration enforcement in religious spaces.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Organized Communities Against Deportations v. Donald Trump

1:25-cv-00868 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to plans to conduct immigration raids in Chicago.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Franco Aleman v. Trump

2:25-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2025

Closed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Consolidated: Docket Closed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Make the Road New York v. Huffman

1:25-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's expansion of Expedited Removal.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Security

1:24-cv-01702 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2024

Case Ongoing

Immigrant rights group already in court over Biden asylum policies challenged Trump Administration's asylum halt.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Humane Society of New York v. Mayorkas

1:21-cv-01349 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 17, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 14, 2022

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On May 17, 2021, three non-profits representing highly skilled workers and two corporations filed this lawsuit in the United States District C…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

Centro Legal de la Raza v. Executive Office for Immigration Review

3:21-cv-00463 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On January 19, 2021, four non-profits filed this lawsuit against the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Department of Justice, and t…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. v. Executive Office for Immigration Review

1:21-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2021

Case Ongoing

Challenge to a rule stripped key protections for immigrants in deportation proceedings.

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Gonzales & Gonzales Bonds & Insurance Agency, Inc. v. United States Department of Homeland Security

4:20-cv-08897 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

Case challenging rule for surety and bond agents to exhaust administrative remedies when challenging an immigration bond breach declaration.

Case Is Ongoing

Reversed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

United Farm Workers v. The United States Department of Labor

1:20-cv-01690 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 4, 2022

Successful challenge to proposed administrative rule that would have frozen wages for agricultural visa holders.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Vangala v. USCIS

4:20-cv-08143 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2021

On November 19, 2020, three noncitizens filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

E.A.R.R. v. Department of Homeland Security

3:20-cv-02146 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 2, 2020, asylum seekers with disabilities and health conditions filed this putative class-action suit against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Chamber of Commerce of the United State of America v. United States Department of Homeland Security

4:20-cv-07331 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2021

Case challenging the Trump Administration’s regulations restricting employment-based visas.

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

3:20-cv-07183 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

Closed Date: July 7, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On October 14, 2020, 181 United States citizens and lawful permanent residents who had immediate family members with an approved immigrant vis…

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Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

National Association of Immigration Judges v. Neal

1:20-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Executive Office for Immigration Review's policy placing restrictions on immigration judges who wish to speak publicly about certain topics in their personal capacity.

Case Dismissed

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-01419 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2024

This case involves a dispute about visa processing. Following a March 20, 2020 decision by the State Department to cease most visa services, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10014 on …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. National Archives and Records Administration

1:20-cv-00739 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 16, 2020

Closed Date: June 8, 2022

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 16, 2020, three non-profits filed this lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration in the United States District…

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Case Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

On January 15, 2020, six individual plaintiffs, along with the Tahirih Justice Center and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Col…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

A.P.F. v. United States

2:20-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

The Trump Administration implemented an immigration policy from 2017 to 2018, which called for the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Two immigrant parents filed this lawsui…

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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, which expands the types of pr…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

HIAS, Inc. v. Trump

8:19-cv-03346 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

On November 21, 2019, three refugee resettlement agencies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenging the Trump Administration's recent Executive Order, "E…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Doe v. McAleenan

3:19-cv-02119 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about asylum seekers' right to counsel in refoulment interviews conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which determine whether an asylum seeker can remain in the United…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

1:19-cv-03283 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2019

Case Ongoing

Case challenging the Trump Administration’s attempt to heighten the standards to qualify for immigration fee waivers.

Administrative Stay Granted

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

3:19-cv-01743 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 30, 2019, seven individual plaintiffs and Latino Network filed this putative class-action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, challenging President Trump’s Oct…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf

1:19-cv-03640 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security implemented two new asylum processes to expedite applicants’ credible fear interviews: the Prompt Asylum Claim Review program and the Huma…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

American Immigration Council v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:19-cv-02965 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2023

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On October 12, 2019, two organizations dedicated to providing services for the immigrant community brought this lawsuit against CBP, USCIS and…

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Case Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:19-cv-02851 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 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, which expands the types of pr…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Centro Presente, Inc. v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-02840 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 20, 2019, two nonprofit organizations, alongside nine individuals (six of whom were also representing their minor children) filed this lawsuit against the Secretary of the Department of …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Irish International Immigrant Center, Inc. v. Cuccinelli

1:19-cv-11880 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2019

Closed Date: June 15, 2021

This case addressed the termination of an immigration program granting deferred action to seriously ill individuals.The Irish International Immigrant Center (a.k.a. the Rian Immigration Center) filed…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of New York v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:19-cv-07777 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2019

Closed Date: March 6, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of pr…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

La Clinica de la Raza v. Trump

4:19-cv-04980 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 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, which expands the types of pr…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-04975 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expanded the types of p…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-05210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Closed Date: March 1, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by states, counties, and non-profit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of p…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Make the Road New York v. Wolf

1:19-cv-02369 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Closed Date: June 3, 2022

This case concerns the Trump Administration’s decision to expand “expedited removal,” under which low-level Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) immigration officers were allowed to summarily depo…

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Reversed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Darchini v. Pompeo

8:19-cv-01417 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 22, 2019

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

On July 22, 2019, fourteen Iranian American families represented by a private immigration lawyer filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Distric…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition v. Trump; I.A. v. Barr

1:19-cv-02117 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry describes two consolidated lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration's new asylum rule, which reversed longstanding asylum laws that allow individuals to seek asylum in t…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project v. Barr

1:19-cv-06443 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 11, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 21, 2019

On July 11, 2019, a group of organizations dedicated to helping immigrant families and children including Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, Central American Resource Center – LA, Immigrant Defenders La…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Kiakombua v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-01872 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

On June 25, 2019, five asylum seekers from Angola, Cuba, and El Salvador filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Hom…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:19-cv-11003 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 29, 2019

Case Ongoing

On April 29, 2019, the Middlesex County District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney, Committee for Public Counsel Services (“CPCS”), and the Chelsea Collaborative, Inc., filed this lawsuit in…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

Ochoa-Castillo v. Christian

4:19-cv-00878 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 11, 2019

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 11, 2019, a minor whose application for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) was denied filed this lawsuit against the directors …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Galvez v. Jaddou

2:19-cv-00321 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 5, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 2024

Case challenging Trump Administration’s policy of refusing to adjudicate Special Immigration Juvenile status petitions in accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Injunction Granted

Affirmed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

El Paso County v. Trump

3:19-cv-00066 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case challenged President Trump's use of presidential emergency powers to allocate funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. On February 20, 2019, El Paso County of Texas and Border Netwo…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Innovation Law Lab v. Nielsen

3:19-cv-00807 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

On February 14, 2019, a group of asylum seekers from Central America and several legal organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plainti…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

P.L v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:19-cv-01336 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2019

On February 12, 2019, seven immigrants, Brooklyn Defender Services, and Legal Aid filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging they had a …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Bhattarai v. Nielsen

3:19-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2019

Case Ongoing

On February 10, 2019, a group of beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) from Honduras and Nepal and their U.S.-citizen children filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:18-cv-02718 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2023

On November 20, 2018, a group of asylum seekers challenged the federal government’s latest asylum policy, which prohibited people who enter the United States along the southern border somewhere other…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Oregon v. Trump

6:18-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is a response to efforts by the Trump administration to strip law enforcement funding from “sanctuary” cities and states. The State of Oregon and the City of Portland filed this lawsuit in …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Pineda v. Trump

1:18-cv-02534 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2018

Closed Date: 2019

On November 1, 2018, a group of citizens from Honduras who had been traveling with their children to the United States to seek asylum filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Cou…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Chicago v. Sessions III

1:18-cv-06859 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is a response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip law enforcement funding from “sanctuary” cities and states unless their governments agree to participate in federal immigration…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of California v. Sessions

3:18-cv-05169 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is another response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip law enforcement funding from states and certain local jurisdictions unless their governments agree to participate in fede…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Los Angeles v. Sessions III

2:18-cv-07347 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

This case is a response to actions taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following litigation in the 2017 case, City of Los Angeles v. Sessions. On August 22, 2018, the City of Los Angeles filed t…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City and County of San Francisco v. Sessions III

3:18-cv-05146 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is another response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip certain law enforcement funding from "sanctuary" cities and states unless their governments agree to participate in feder…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Dora v. Sessions

1:18-cv-01938 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2019

On August 17, 2018, 29 parents who were forcibly separated from their children by the federal government filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court of District Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Depart…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Grace v. Sessions

1:18-cv-01853 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is a response to the Attorney General's decision in Matter of A-B-, issued in June 2018, and updated guidelines for asylum officers the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a month …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Teneng v. Trump

5:18-cv-01609 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2018

On August 1, 2018, six non-citizens detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Medium II, also called Victorville, filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Ce…

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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 Administ…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Evanston v. Sessions

1:18-cv-04853 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 16, 2018, the City of Evanston, Illinois, along with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, filed this lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin the DO…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

N.T.C. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-01626 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 16, 2018, a group of minor children who recently came to the United States filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued th…

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Ms. J.P. v. Sessions

2:18-cv-06081 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 12, 2018, three mothers seeking asylum in the United States filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all those s…

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J.S.R. v. Sessions / V.F.B. v. Sessions

3:18-cv-01106 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 2, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2018

This lawsuit grew out of the Trump Administration's family separation policy, by which kids were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. On July 2, 2018, two children from Central Ame…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

L.R. (Lucas R.) v. Azar

2:18-cv-05741 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

Class action of children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody challenging the conditions of their detainment.

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of Washington v. United States of America

2:18-cv-00939 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case involved a challenge to the Trump Administration's immigration policies concerning asylum and family separation.On June 26, 2018, a coalition of states filed this complaint in the U.S. Dist…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Kuang v. United States Department of Defense

4:18-cv-03698 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 21, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2021

Case challenging policy requiring lawful permanent residents to undergo additional background screenings as compared to their citizen counterparts prior to entering military training

Case Dismissed

Reversed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

3:18-cv-03539 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

Applicants and beneficiaries of the Central American Minors (CAM) parole program filed this class-action lawsuit on June 13, 2018, challenging the Trump Administration's termination of the program an…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of Texas v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 1, 2018

Case Ongoing

On May 1, 2018, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and West Virginia brought actions for declaratory and injunctive relief against the United States and various federal im…

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Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of Justice

3:18-cv-02137 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 9, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2019

This suit, filed on April 9, 2018, challenged a report created and issued by defendants the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Executive Order 13780:…

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Damus v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00578 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This class action suit, filed on March 15, 2018, sought to enjoin the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining asylum seekers in order to deter other potential migrants from seeking …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Emami v. Nielsen

3:18-cv-01587 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is one of many legal challenges to the series of Trump's executive orders (EOs) known collectively as the "Travel Ban" or "Muslim Ban." This suit in particular challenged the waiver system that …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Ramos v. Nielsen

3:18-cv-01554 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 12, 2018, a group of U.S. children, their non-citizen parents, and other non-citizen adults filed this class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plaint…

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Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

Case challenging US government family separation policy reaches settlement

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

8:18-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2021

On February 22, 2018, four Vietnamese refugees filed this habeas petition and class action lawsuit challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for allegedly arbitrarily and unlawfully …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of West Palm Beach v. United States Attorney General

9:18-cv-80131 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2018

Closed Date: March 29, 2019

This action, filed on February 6, 2018, challenged the Department of Justice's "sanctuary city" policy tying federal funding to immigration enforcement. The plaintiff, the city of West Palm Beach, F…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump

2:17-cv-01707 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 13, 2019

This action challenged the Trump Administration's third attempt to suspend the United States Refugee Admissions Program (the "USRAP"), a program administered by a consortium of federal agencies and n…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Trustees of Princeton University v. U.S.

1:17-cv-02325 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on November 3, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenged President Trump’s revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

County of Santa Clara v. Trump

3:17-cv-05813 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on October 10, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenged President Trump's revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Zakzok v. Trump

1:17-cv-02969 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on October 6, 2017 over Section 2 of President Trump’s Sep. 24, 2017 Proclamation ("Executive Order #3" or "EO-3") barring travel to the United States from six Muslim-majority …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Casa De Maryland v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:17-cv-02942 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on October 5, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenged President Trump's revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective v. Duke

5:17-cv-02048 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Oct. 5, 2017, the Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective and one of its members sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (…

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Iranian Alliances Across Borders v. Trump

8:17-cv-02921 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

On October 2, 2017, the group Iranian Alliances Across Borders filed this complaint on behalf of a group of plaintiffs of Iranian descent. The suit challenged President Trump's Sept. 24 Proclamation …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Los Angeles v. Sessions

2:17-cv-07215 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2017

Case Ongoing

This action, filed by the City of Los Angeles, California on Sept. 29, 2017, challenged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)'s imposition of immigration-related conditions on federal funding to the c…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-02005 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 15, 2018

This case arose from a Syrian family's attempts to obtain immigration visas. In 2004, one of the family members filed a petition for an immigrant visa on behalf of her sister and her sister’s family.…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

People of the State of California v. United States of America

3:17-cv-01911 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Closed Date: April 18, 2019

This suit, filed on September 20, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The plaintiffs sued the federal government for faili…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Garcia v. United States of America

3:17-cv-05380 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, brought on September 18, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenged President Trump's revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DAC…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Trump

1:17-cv-01907 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

In 2012, the Obama administration created the DACA program through policy statements by the Department of Homeland Security. The program offered work permits—and temporary protection from deportation…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of San Jose v. Trump

3:17-cv-05329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, brought on September 14, 2017, challenged President Trump's revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The plaintiff was the City of San Jose, and it argued that the resc…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Defenders of Wildlife v. Duke

3:17-cv-01873 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

Closed Date: April 5, 2019

This suit, filed on Sept. 14, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plaintiffs, environmental advocacy organizations (Defend…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:17-cv-05273 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 12, 2017, the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Th…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of California v. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05235 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, several states initiated this action in the District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging President Trump’s attempted revocation of Deferred Action for Ch…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Gonzalez Torres v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-01840 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, an individual recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Regents of University of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05211 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the 9th Circuit's decision in this case that the Trump Administration acted unlawfully when it rescinded DACA, because its reasons for rescission were insuf…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of New York v. Trump

1:17-cv-05228 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

Sixteen states, led by the State of New York, filed this lawsuit against the federal government on September 6, 2017, in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memorandum issued on Septe…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Philadelphia v. Sessions

2:17-cv-03894 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, filed by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 30, 2017, challenged U.S. Attorney General Sessions' imposition of immigration-related conditions on federal funding to the city…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of California v. Sessions

3:17-cv-04701 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

On August 14, 2017, the State of California's Attorney General filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including its component Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in the U.S. D…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City and County of San Francisco v. Sessions

3:17-cv-04642 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

The City and County of San Francisco filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Aug. 11, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintif…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Chicago v. Sessions

1:17-cv-05720 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, filed by the city of Chicago on August 7, 2017, challenged the federal government's imposition of immigration-related conditions on federal funding to the city. The plaintiff, represent…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

P.K. v. Tillerson

1:17-cv-01533 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2017

Case Ongoing

A group of diversity visa lottery winners and their family members filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on August 3, 2017. The defendants included the US Secretary of Stat…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Abdi v. Duke [later Nielsen]

1:17-cv-00721 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 28, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 28, 2017, an asylum-seeker who had been held in federal detention for nine months sought habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Three weeks later, rep…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Orellana Castaneda v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:17-cv-04267 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

Challenge to unlawful detainment of undocumented migrants past their release dates by county law enforcement to help ICE

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Al Otro Lado v. Kelly

3:17-cv-02366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the legality of the government’s treatment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. On July 12, 2017, a group of Honduran and Mexican asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, a legal s…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, includin…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-01215 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Closed Date: April 18, 2019

On June 15, 2017, the Center for Biological Diversity brought this lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Plaintiff filed in…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of San Antonio v. Texas

5:17-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 1, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2017

This suit challenges Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which requires local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punishes them if they do…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

El Paso County v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 22, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2017

This suit challenges Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which requires local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punishes them if they do…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Colotl Coyotl v. Kelly

1:17-cv-01670 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 9, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On May 9, 2017, a Georgia resident filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In her first amended complaint filed on May 18, 2017, she challenged the U.S. Ci…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) v. Sessions

2:17-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 8, 2017, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) filed this lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in the U.S. District C…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of El Cenizo v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit challenged Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which required local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punished them if they di…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Texas v. Travis County

1:17-cv-00425 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 7, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2019

This suit seeks to support Texas's law Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which requires local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punishes them if they do not. Unlike the sui…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Seattle v. Trump

2:17-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 29, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2018

The City of Seattle commenced this lawsuit on March 29, 2017 to challenge President Trump's January 25, 2017 Executive Order (EO), Executive Order 13768. The EO denies federal funding to cities that …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

1:17-cv-00537 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 24, 2017

Closed Date: April 1, 2021

On March 24, 2017, the Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA) and two individual Yemenis filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a challenge to President…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City of Richmond v. Trump

3:17-cv-01535 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 21, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2017

On Mar. 21, 2017 the city of Richmond, California filed this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging President…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

CODING IN PROCESS

Tiwari v. Mattis

2:17-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2017

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On February 16, 2017, several recently naturalized United States citizens brought this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense in the U…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

3:17-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2017

Closed Date: April 28, 2017

This lawsuit, filed February 13, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering th…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Cities of Chelsea and Lawrence v. Trump

1:17-cv-10214 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This federal lawsuit, filed by the cities of Chelsea and Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Feb. 8, 2017, challenged President Trump’s Jan. 25, 2017 Executive Order 13768, dealing with immigration enforceme…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Pars Equality Center v. Trump

1:17-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 9, 2018

This action, filed February 8, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the US of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yeme…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

International Refugee Assistance Project (“IRAP”) v. Trump

8:17-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

On February 7, 2017, five immigrant advocacy organizations and fifteen individual immigrants filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (in Greenbelt). Re…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

County of Santa Clara v. Trump

3:17-cv-00574 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2019

The County of Santa Clara commenced this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 to challenge President Trump's January 25, 2017 Executive Order (EO), Executive Order 13768. The EO denied federal funding to sanc…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:17-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: March 8, 2017

This action, filed February 3, 2017, challenged President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Repres…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against Presi…

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Al-Mowafak v. Trump

3:17-cv-00557 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2017

Closed Date: May 6, 2019

This class action was filed on Feb. 2, 2017 in response to President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the US of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syri…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Asgari v. Trump

1:17-cv-10182 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On February 1, 2017, a J-1 visa holder filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, after being prevented from boarding a flight from Frankfurt to Boston on both J…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Unite Oregon v. Trump

3:17-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2017

Closed Date: March 8, 2019

This action, filed on February 1, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

City and County of San Francisco v. Trump

3:17-cv-00485 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, filed by the City of San Francisco on January 31, 2017, challenges President Trump’s January 25, 2017 Executive Order on immigration enforcement, which threatened to withhold federal fu…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) v. Trump

2:17-cv-10310 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: March 11, 2021

On January 31, 2017, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACLR) and seven of its individual members filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in Detroit). …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Mohammed v. Trump

2:17-cv-00786 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: April 26, 2018

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (in Los Angeles) on January 31, 2017, this class action complaint challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Orde…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

5:17-cv-00447 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: April 12, 2017

On January 31, 2017, a Syrian family that sought to immigrate to the U.S. filed an emergency petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dist…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:17-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2017

On January 31, 2017, two F-1 student visa holders, represented by the NYU Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (in Bu…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Al Homssi v. Trump

1:17-cv-00801 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 9, 2017

This action, filed January 31, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banning nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:17-cv-00289 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: May 3, 2019

This lawsuit, filed on January 31, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) that banned non-U.S. citizen nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Y…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Sarsour v. Trump

1:17-cv-00120 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: June 25, 2021

This lawsuit filed on January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1). EO-1 barred legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from ente…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

2:17-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2018

This class action lawsuit, filed January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Washington & Minnesota v. Trump

2:17-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed this federal lawsuit on January 30, 2017 against President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from s…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Tawfeeq v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 11, 2017

This case was different from many of the other cases in the Travel Ban collection, as it challenged the legality of the executive order as applied to lawful permanent residents, instead of arguing th…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

2:17-cv-00706 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2017

On January 29,2017, two lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S. initiated this challenge to President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banning non-U.S. citizen nationals of Iraq…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Darweesh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2017

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plain…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Louhghalam v. Trump

1:17-cv-10154 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: March 20, 2017

On January 28, 2017, two lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S. who were detained at Boston Logan Airport (Logan) as they were trying to return home to Massachusetts filed this lawsuit in the …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Vayeghan v. Kelly

2:17-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 27, 2017

This action, filed on January 28, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (in Los Angeles), challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banni…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Di…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

2:17-cv-00126 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: 2017

On January 28, 2017, plaintiffs represented by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed an Emergency Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and a motion for a temporary restraining order, in respons…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

"People of the U.S. and State of California" v. Trump

3:17-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 7, 2017

On January 28, 2017, a lawyer filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Proceeding under California "Private Attorney General" statutes, the action purport…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Wagafe v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:17-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenges President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO) suspending entry into the United States of citizens or nationals of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen

1:16-cv-04756 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2016

On August 25, 2016, a Mexican-born Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient living in New York filed this suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the U.S. Dis…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:16-cv-04756 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2016

Case Ongoing

This was the first lawsuit brought to challenge the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (“DACA”). The plaintiff, a DACA recipient, came to the United States from Mexico …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a very longstanding class action addressing appropriate treatment of noncitizen children in federal immigration custody. On March 26, 2020, plaintiffs filed an emergency mot…

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