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Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo

18-cv-07818 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

On July 31, 2018, two nonprofit organizations and fifteen individuals filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the Trump Administration's implementation of the waiver provision of the Travel Ban (Presidential Proclamation No. 9645). The Travel Ban indefinitely banned millions of nationals of five Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Pars Equality Center and OneAmerica are immigrant and refugee advocacy o…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kinsley v. Blinken

1:21-cv-00962 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 7, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

This case is about challenges to the visa restrictions promulgated by Presidents Trump and Biden in the wake of COVID-19. On April 7, 2021, a group of more than 180 noncitizens seeking visas, their U.S. citizen petitioners, International Teacher Exchange Services and Life Adventures (corporations seeking employment-based nonimmigrant visas), and the Association of Cultural Exchange Programs and the Alliance for International Exchange (associations which assist in timely visa filing) filed this …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Washington & Minnesota v. Trump

2:17-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed this federal lawsuit on January 30, 2017 against President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a complaint and an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The State of Minnesota also signed on as a plaintif…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
"People of the U.S. and State of California" v. Trump

3:17-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 7, 2017

On January 28, 2017, a lawyer filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Proceeding under California "Private Attorney General" statutes, the action purported to be by the "People of the United States of America and the State of California" "for the protection of all persons in the United States in their civil rights and for their vindication pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988." The lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1)…

Complaint for Injunction and Repeal of Presidential Executive Order Dated January 27, 2017 Suspending Visas and Immigration Benefits Without Congressional Approval

People of the United States of America and the State of California v. Trump

Jan. 28, 2017

Order Dismissing Complaint

People of the United States of America and the State of California v. Trump

Feb. 1, 2017

First Amended Complaint for Injunction and Repeal of Unconstitutional Segments of the Presidential Executive Order Dated March 6, 2017 Suspending Entry of Target Persons into the United States

People of the United States of America and the State of California v. Trump

March 10, 2017

Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum in Support

People of the United States of America and the State of California v. Trump

April 3, 2017

Opposition to Motion to Dismiss

People of the United States of America and the State of California v. Trump

April 17, 2017

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Darweesh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2017

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs–visa holders who were detained at JFK airport and threatened with deportation pursuant to EO-1–filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint in District Court for the Eastern District of New York on January 28, 2017. Simultaneously, the plaintiffs filed a motion to certify…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Vayeghan v. Kelly

2:17-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 27, 2017

This action, filed on January 28, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (in Los Angeles), challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banning non-U.S. citizen nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the United States. The plaintiff, an Iranian citizen with a U.S. immigrant visa and a U.S. citizen son, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking immediate release from detention and a civil…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Al Homssi v. Trump

1:17-cv-00801 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 9, 2017

This action, filed January 31, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banning nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. The complaint alleged that in preventing the plaintiff, a Syrian national with valid J-1 and B1/B2 visas, from returning to the U.S. pursuant to the EO, the federal government violated the First Amendment Establishment Clause, the Fifth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, the Imm…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Louhghalam v. Trump

1:17-cv-10154 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: March 20, 2017

On January 28, 2017, two lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S. who were detained at Boston Logan Airport (Logan) as they were trying to return home to Massachusetts filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (in Boston). Represented by the ACLU of Massachusetts and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Secretary of DHS, the Commissioner of CBP, the Director of the…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Wagafe v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:17-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

This lawsuit challenges President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO) suspending entry into the United States of citizens or nationals of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya. This case also challenges the government's Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP), alleging it was a precursor to the EO's "extreme vetting" of Muslims, and chronicled the government's attempts to resist disclosure of documents about this program. The original complaint was f…