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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
The Farmworker Association of Florida v. DeSantis

1:23-cv-22655 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: July 17, 2023

Case Ongoing

​​This is a case about the constitutionality of a Florida immigration law. On July 17, 2023, the Farmworker Association of Florida and individual defendants sued the Governor of Florida, the Florida Attorney General, the Florida Statewide Prosecutor, and Florida's State Attorneys in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of Section 10 of Senate Bill 1718, which made it a crime to transport a person into Florida if that perso…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mendez Rojas v. Johnson

2:16-cv-01024 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 30, 2016

Case Ongoing

On June 30, 2016, asylum seekers in this case, represented by the American Immigration Council and partners, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the Attorney General of the United States as well as the directors of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, and the Executive Office for Immigration Review. The plaintiffs arg…
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
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 service organization which supports indigent deportees, refugees, and migrants, filed this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The pseudonymous plaintiffs fled gang-related and/or severe domestic violence and presented themselves at a Port of Entry (PO…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Johnson [later Kelly, Nielsen]

4:15-cv-00250 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

This is a class action about conditions of confinement in the "hold rooms" used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for short-term detention of noncitizens apprehended near the border. The case deals with all the hold rooms in the Tucson Sector, which consists of nine "stations" covering most of Arizona and accounted for 18% of all border patrol apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2014. Most recently, the District Court entered a comprehensive opinion finding conditions un…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Americans for Immigration Justice v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:22-cv-03118 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about access to legal counsel for people in immigration detention facilities.  On October 13, 2022, five legal services providers filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleged that ICE policies prevented detained people from accessing their attorneys in four immigration detention centers, in violation of the First and Fifth Amendmen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Silvia Guevara Enriquez v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:23-cv-00097 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the delays in processing times for provisional unlawful presence waivers in visa applications. On January 23, 2023, a group of immigrants filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs sued the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and its director under Section 702 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Represented by both private counsel and the American Immigrati…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Tony N. v. USCIS

3:21-cv-08742 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2021

Closed Date: March 2, 2022

This was a putative class action brought by five asylum seekers who sought extensions to their work authorization, but whose extensions were not ruled on promptly; they therefore had either lost or were about to lose the right to work. On November 10, 2021, these five individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”), and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) under the Ad…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ali v. Trump

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, Syria and Yemen. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (in Seattle). Plaintiffs were represented by the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the American Immigration Council. The…