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18 cases, 199 documents
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Xiong v. Trump

4:25-cv-00558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 25, 2025

Closed Date: June 4, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On May 25, 2025, a Hmong noncitizen filed this class complaint and petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, challenging his and others’ detention and threatened removal to Laos. The plaintiff sued President Trump, along with the U.S. Dep…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Agelviz-Sanguino v. Noem

4:25-cv-02116 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 9, 2025

Closed Date: May 27, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On May 9, 2025, a Venezuelan national, Widmer Josneyder Agelviz‑Sanguino filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division). The petitioner sued Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Todd…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

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

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to circumvent removal procedures and order the immediate removal of Venezuelan nationals from the United States. On March 15, 2025, five detained Venezuelan nationals filed this class action lawsuit in the District …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.J.C.C. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00153 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On May 21, 2025, an individual facing imminent removal filed an emergency petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The petitioner sued the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Acting Director of U.S. …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Quintanilla Portillo v. Trump

1:25-cv-01240 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On April 16, 2025, a noncitizen detained by the U.S. government filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The petitioner was at immediate risk of being removed to a prison in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, despite hav…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Viloria Aviles v. Trump

2:25-cv-00611 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On April 3, 2025, a Venezuelan citizen detained in Nevada and represented by the University of Nevada Las Vegas Immigration Clinic filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He challenged the government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to depo…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Sanchez Puentes v. Garite

3:25-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Closed Date: June 13, 2025

In this case, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ordered the release of two Venezuelans, married to each other, whom the government was attempting to deport pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act. The court held that the government had failed to establish that the petitioners were, as alleged, members of Tren de Aragua, and granted habeas relief on that basis on April 25, 2025. 2025 WL 1203179.     The two petitioners in this habeas action entered the United States in October …

Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.G. v. Noem

1:25-cv-00079 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 15, 2025

This case challenged the detention and threatened removal of a Venezuelan asylum-seeker under the Trump administration’s March 2025 proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), 50 U.S.C. § 21. On April 15, 2025, F.J.C.G. (a pseudonym), represented by the Children’s Legal Center, filed a habeas petition in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Kristi Noem (Secretary of Homeland Security), Pamela Bondi (Attorney General), ICE Field Office Director Ladeon Fran…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.O.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:19-cv-01944 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 1, 2019

On July 1, 2019, four unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United States filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Represented by Goodwin Procter LLP, Kids in Need of Defense, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and Public Counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Th…

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.A.P.S. v. Garite

3:25-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 10, 2025

Closed Date: June 9, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case was also certified related to Sanchez Puentes, et al., v. Garite, et al..  Both cases revolved around the use of the AEA to remove noncitizens in Texas and the resolution of the motions pending in either case could impact the other. This petition arises out of the president's peacetime in…

Injunction Granted