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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
MadKudu Inc. v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

5:20-cv-02653 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

This was a nationwide class action filed by U.S. businesses that challenged the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services's (USCIS) pattern and practice of arbitrarily denying H-1B nonimmigrant employment-based petitions to classify market research analyst positions as "specialty occupations." On April 16, 2020, companies who had such petitions denied filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs sued USCIS and their Senior Official P…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Make the Road New York v. Wolf

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

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Case Ongoing

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 deport individuals from the United States without a court hearing or opportunity for meaningful review. The plaintiffs were a number of nonprofits, including Make the Road New York, La Union del Pueblo Entero, WeCount, the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, and a number of private plaintiffs. The…
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 Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

Case Ongoing

On December 23, 2020, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, with several other immigration service organizations, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Catholic Legal Immigration Network sued the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Administrative Procedure Act. Represented by private counsel, the National Immigration Law Center, and the American Immigration Council, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) sought a stay in the ef…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Carranza v. ICE

2:20-cv-00424 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Closed Date: May 18, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action habeas petition brought on May 4, 2020, by two individuals in ICE custody, seeking better access to phone calls. The defendants moved to dismiss the case on June 29. The magistrate judge recommended the court dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction and deny all other motions as moot; the plaintiffs filed a stipulation of dismissal on May 18, 2021. On May 4, 2020, two individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brought …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Nightingale v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

3:19-cv-03512 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

On June 16, 2019, plaintiffs – three immigration attorneys and two noncitizens who filed FOIA (FOIA) requests for individual immigration case files (known as A-Files) – filed this class-action suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alleging that the defendants had a nationwide pattern or p…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.M. v. United States

2:19-cv-05217 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 19, 2019, five asylum-seeking parents, on their own behalf and on behalf of their minor children, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the American Immigration Council, sought monetary relief and attorneys fees. The plaintiffs alleged that the United States government caused intentio…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Immigration Council v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-01614 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 9, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 9, 2018 plaintiff, the American Immigration Council, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Represented by the American Immigration Council and Dorsey & Whitney, the plaintiff brought their claim under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The plaintiff brought three claims under FOIA: Failure to Conduct an Adequate Search for Res…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Immigration Council v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-01531 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 27, 2018, the American Immigration Council filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), the U.S. Customs & Border Protection ("CBP"), and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") under 5 U.S.C. § 552, the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). The plaintiff sought injunctive relief and attorneys' fees. The plaintiff sought to compel the disclosure of records regarding the separati…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Padilla v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:18-cv-00928 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 25, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 25, 2018, three plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit challenging the federal government's forcible separation of minor children from their parents, as well as its practice of prolonging the separation by failing to conduct credible fear interviews in a timely manner. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Health and Hu…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Moreno v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-01135 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 22, 2018, four noncitizens, on behalf of a proposed class of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients, filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Represented by the American Immigration Council and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the plaintiffs filed their complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, challenging the defendants’ denial of their …