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Pedro Vasquez Perdomo v. Kristi Noem

2:25-cv-05605 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the federal government’s practice of transferring immigration detainees between districts without prior notice or a hearing. No documents in this case have been made publicly available. On June 20, 2025, three individuals, including Pedro Vasquez Perdomo, filed this habeas corpus petition in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The petitioners sued the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Acting Director of a regional ICE field office, and the U.S.…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
V.M.L. v. Harper

1:25-cv-00550 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Closed Date: May 8, 2025

This is a case about the alleged unlawful detention and deportation of a U.S. citizen child without due process. On April 24, 2025, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of a two-year-old natural-born U.S. citizen, identified as V.M.L. The petitioner sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its Secretary, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its Acting Director. Judge Terry A. Dou…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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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
D.N.N. v. Baker

1:25-cv-01613 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges allegedly inhumane detention conditions faced by noncitizens held in ICE holding cells in Maryland. On May 9, 2025, a noncitizen detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in holding cells operated by ICE's Baltimore Field Office filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland; on May 12, a second petitioner and proposed class representative was added in an amended complaint. The petitioners named several ICE offici…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

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

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe 1 v. Noem

5:25-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. On April 5, 2025, an anonymous international student—attending college in California on an F-1 visa—filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), it…

Case Is Ongoing

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Oldaker v. Giles

7:20-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

This federal class action lawsuit sought injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief for over 60 immigrant women who were detained in ICE custody at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. The plaintiffs claimed that they were subjected to medical abuse while in ICE custody including nonconsensual hysterectomies, overly aggressive gynecological care, and medically unnecessary procedures. In addition to the medical abuse itself, the plaintiffs sought relief against federal officia…
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 accompanied the ban, which was purportedly instated to prevent the EOs from arbitrarily denying people entry into the country. Twenty six individuals who had been denied a travel visa, or whose relatives had been denied a travel visa as a result of the EOs, filed this putative class action lawsuit i…
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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…
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National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02596 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 18, 2020

On December 5, 2017, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The plaintiff, a nonprofit organization promoting immigrants' rights, sought information on the defendants' use of mobile biometric devic…