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United States v. State of Texas

1:24-cv-00008 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2024

This is a case about state and federal authority to control immigration. On January 3, 2024, during the Biden Administration, the United States brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against the State of Texas, the governor of Texas in his official capacity, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the head of DPS in his official capacity. The United States claimed that Texas’s Senate Bill 4 (SB4) violated the Supremacy Clause and the Foreign Comm…

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of Iowa

4:24-cv-00162 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: May 9, 2024

Closed Date: June 23, 2025

This case challenged an Iowa state law that criminalized entering Iowa after being deported or denied entry into the United States.   On April 10, 2024, the Governor of Iowa signed into law SF 2340, to become effective on July 1, 2024. SF 2340, or "the law," created a new state crime and imposed state penalties on noncitizens in Iowa who had unlawfully reentered the United States.  It also required Iowa state courts to order the removal of certain noncitizens from the United States. On May 9, 2…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Affirmed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Oklahoma

5:24-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 21, 2024

This case challenged a state law in Oklahoma criminalizing noncitizen entry and presence in the state. On May 21, 2024, the United States filed suit against the State of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, and both the Governor and Attorney General of Oklahoma (in their official capacities). The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and assigned to District Judge Bernard M. Jones II.  The complaint explained the Oklahoma law at i…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of Illinois

01:25-cv-01285 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2025

This case concerns the enforcement of federal immigration laws and the extent to which state and local laws can hinder this enforcement. On February 6, 2025, the United States of America filed a civil action in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The defendants were the State of Illinois, Governor of Illinois, City of Chicago, the Mayor of Chicago, the Chicago Police Superintendent, Cook County, Cook County Board of Commissioners, and the Cook County Sheriff…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of New York

1:25-cv-00205 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

The federal government filed this case against New York State's immigration-friendly “Green Light Law.” The United States filed its complaint on February 12, 2025, against the state of New York in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The complaint claimed that the Green Light Law violated the Supremacy Clause, and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. This case was assigned to District Judge Anne M. Nardacci. The complaint described New York’s Green Light Law, asse…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Adams

1:24-cr-00556 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 2024

Closed Date: April 2, 2025

The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams for alleged corruption in September 2024, but after President Trump took office, his Department of Justice directed that charges be dropped.  Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said the prosecution “unduly restricted” the mayor’s ability to “devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that has escalated under the policies of the prior Administration.”  Se…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

CHILD WELFARE
United States v. Southwest Key Programs, Inc.

1:24-cv-00798 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 17, 2024

Closed Date: March 12, 2025

This case challenges sexual abuse in shelter care facilities for unaccompanied minors. On July 14, 2024, the United States of America filed this lawsuit in the Western District of Texas against Southwest Key Programs, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides housing and services to unaccompanied children who have entered the United States. Plaintiff alleged that from at least 2015 through at least 2023, multiple Southwest Key employees subjected unaccompanied children in their care to repea…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond

5:24-cv-00526 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 23, 2024

This case challenges Oklahoma House Bill 4156 (H.B. 4156), enacted in April 2024. The bill established the crime of “impermissible occupation” and authorized law enforcement in Oklahoma to arrest individuals for being present in the United States without legal authorization. Notably, the bill did not provide a defense for people currently seeking asylum, other humanitarian protection, or any other relief available under federal law.  On May 23, 2024, Padres Unidos de Tulsa, an advocacy organiza…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Hyde

2:25-cv-00374 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: March 25, 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. On March 25, 2025, Turkish national and Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk was abruptly detained by masked plainclothes agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. The federal government re…

Habeas Relief Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

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