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United States v. State of Illinois

1:25-cv-04811 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2025

This case, brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the second Trump Administration, challenged recent amendments to Illinois' Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act ("Privacy Act"). Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), enacted by Congress in 1986, employers are required to verify the identity and employment authorization of their employees. IRCA created an E-Verify program to help employers access such information. On May 5, 2025, the DOJ brought this lawsuit in the United …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomez-Echeverria v. Purpose Point Harvesting, LLC

1:22-cv-00314 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2022

Closed Date: June 12, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On March 31, 2022, a group of migrant agricultural workers in Michigan filed a class action lawsuit against their employer, Purpose Point, who had hired them to perform agricultural labor in Michigan through the H‐2a program. Plaintiffs allege that defendants acted together to charge plaintiffs illegal recruitment fees, confiscated travel documents when Plaintiffs arrived in the United States, and paid Plaintiffs less than the contract wag…

Judgment for Plaintiff

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Zavala Martinez v. Manzana, LLC

3:24-cv-01900 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2024

[This summary is temporary while we research this case.] Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, including Manzana, LLC, have long operated a farm labor contractor business that takes unfair advantage of the H-2A temporary worker program to traffic and exploit migrant workers from Mexico for their own financial gain. In this suit, filed December 2, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Plaintiffs allege that instead of providing adequately-paid jobs as required by law, Def…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mansor v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:23-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 9, 2023

This case is about lawful U.S. immigrants in a Temporary Protected Status receiving their interim employment authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. On March 9, 2023, three plaintiffs filed a class action complaint in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs brought their claims against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Director and Deputy Director for the Department of Homeland Secur…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-10495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

This putative class action lawsuit, filed on February 28, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenges the steps the Trump administration has taken to close off various paths into the United States for immigrants. Those paths included "Uniting for Ukraine" (U4U) for Ukrainians displaced by the war with Russia; special processes for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) responding to the natural disasters and/or political strife in those coun…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Menocal v. The GEO Group, Inc.

1:14-cv-02887 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2014

On October 22, 2014, current and former civil immigration detainees housed at the Aurora Detention Facility filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs sued The GEO Group, Inc., a private company that provides detention and correction services under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) 18 U.S.C. § 1589, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by several public interest law firms, sought monetary damages. The plaintiffs alle…

Pending in Supreme Court

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Rajaram v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

3:22-cv-02920 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2022

This lawsuit arose after five American citizens applied for jobs at Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.). Meta did not hire them. The applicants believed Meta rejected them because Meta discriminated against American citizens when hiring employees. So the applicants sued Meta. Background: H-1B Visas and United States of America v. Facebook An H-1B visa is a temporary authorization that allows a foreign national to enter and work in the United States. H-1B visas are g…

Case Is Ongoing

LABOR RIGHTS
Tetzaguic Lux v. Centrum Valley Farms

3:25-cv-03017 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

This is a case alleging mistreatment of immigrant workers by an employer. On March 14, 2025, six Guatemalan nationals filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The plaintiffs sued their former employer, Centrum Valley Farms, and their former supervisor. They alleged that their employer failed to compensate them with overtime, and that their supervisor harassed them and demoted or transferred them based on their national origin and ethnicity. Accor…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

4:25-cv-03140 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

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. This case challenged termination of an international student's status. The case was filed on April 7, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  The pseudonymous plaintiff, John Doe, was represented by atto…

Case Is Ongoing

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Washington v. The GEO Group Inc.

3:17-cv-05806 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

This case addressed whether a Washington State minimum wage law applied to immigration detainees. The state of Washington filed suit in the Pierce County Superior Court on September 20, 2017. The defendant was the GEO Group, Inc., a for-profit corporation that operated the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). Washington alleged two causes of action. First, they claimed defendant’s policy of paying immigrant detainees only $1 per day violated the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), which set the mi…