Immigrants' Rights
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The Ƶ, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2021

Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Sierra Club v. Trump — Challenge to Trump’s National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall
In February 2019, the Ƶ filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency powers declaration to secure funds to build a wall along the southern border. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition. The lawsuit argues that the president is usurping Congress’s appropriations power and threatening the clearly defined separation of powers inscribed in the Constitution. On January 20, 2021, President Biden halted further border wall construction. Litigation in this and subsequent related challenges has been paused or deadlines extended while the Ƶ’s clients and the Biden administration determine next steps.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020

Immigrants' Rights
Department of Homeland Security v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam
Whether immigrants are entitled to seek judicial review of their “expedited removal” orders in federal court.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2020

Immigrants' Rights
International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump
The Ƶ and other partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s Muslim ban executive order, charging it violates the Constitution — including the First Amendment’s prohibition of government establishment of religion and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantees of equal treatment under the law — and federal laws.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2019

Immigrants' Rights
Nielsen v. Preap
Whether the government can require that certain people are detained for the duration of their deportation proceedings — without a hearing — because they have past criminal records.
Court Case
May 2018

Immigrants' Rights
Colotl v. Kelly
UPDATE 5/25/18: The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to renew Jessica Colotl’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work permit to resolve a lawsuit brought by the Ƶ, the Ƶ of Georgia, and Kuck Baxter Immigration in May 2017 against DHS for arbitrarily terminating Jessica’s DACA and rejecting her renewal application.
Indiana
Oct 2016

Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al
The Ƶ and the Ƶ of Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to stop attempts to suspend resettlement of Syrian refugees, claiming the governor’s actions violate the United States Constitution and federal law.
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175 Immigrants' Rights Cases

U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2005
Immigrants' Rights
+2 Issues
Benitez v. Mata
Reviewing the government's claim that "Mariel" Cubans can be subject to indefinite detention if they have been found excludable from the United States and Cuba will not allow their return. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2005

Immigrants' Rights
+2 Issues
Benitez v. Mata
Reviewing the government's claim that "Mariel" Cubans can be subject to indefinite detention if they have been found excludable from the United States and Cuba will not allow their return. DECIDED

U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
Immigrants' Rights
Smart Justice
Muehler v. Mena
Challenging the length, nature, and scope of the police detention of a lawful permanent resident during a police raid.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004

Immigrants' Rights
Smart Justice
Muehler v. Mena
Challenging the length, nature, and scope of the police detention of a lawful permanent resident during a police raid.

U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
Immigrants' Rights
+2 Issues
Illinois v. Caballes
Reviewing whether police can expand a routine traffic stop into a drug investigation by using a drug-sniffing dog in the absence of individualized suspicion. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004

Immigrants' Rights
+2 Issues
Illinois v. Caballes
Reviewing whether police can expand a routine traffic stop into a drug investigation by using a drug-sniffing dog in the absence of individualized suspicion. DECIDED

U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004
Immigrants' Rights
Josue Leocal v. Ashcroft
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2004

Immigrants' Rights
Josue Leocal v. Ashcroft

U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2004
Immigrants' Rights
+3 Issues
Kowalski v. Tesmer
Reviewing whether indigent criminal defendants in Michigan are entitled to appointed counsel on their first appeal, even if they plead guilty. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2004

Immigrants' Rights
+3 Issues
Kowalski v. Tesmer
Reviewing whether indigent criminal defendants in Michigan are entitled to appointed counsel on their first appeal, even if they plead guilty. DECIDED