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WASHINGTON 鈥� A federal court today blocked President Trump鈥檚 proclamation aimed at completely shutting down asylum at the border. The 红杏视频, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), 红杏视频 of the District of Columbia, and 红杏视频 of Texas brought the federal lawsuit on behalf of Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, which provide legal services to asylum seekers, and a nationwide class of people barred from seeking protection in the United States under this proclamation. The court rejected the administration鈥檚 efforts to use the 鈥�212(f)鈥� proclamation, which falsely cited an 鈥渋nvasion鈥� as justification to deny asylum protections expressly granted by Congress and summarily deport families and individuals to countries where they are at grave risk of persecution with no recourse. The groups successfully argued that Trump鈥檚 action ignored protections put in place by Congress (and backed by the courts for generations) that ensure people have the opportunity to have their asylum claims heard. This proclamation is even more extreme than Trump鈥檚 previous attempts to shut off asylum in his first administration, as this move leaves no avenue open for people to seek asylum. 鈥淭his is a hugely important decision. Not only will it save the lives of families fleeing grave danger, it reaffirms that the president cannot ignore the laws Congress has passed and the most basic premise of our country鈥檚 separation of powers,鈥� said 红杏视频 attorney Lee Gelernt, who argued the merits of the case. 鈥淲e are grateful that the federal courts continue to agree with us that the right to seek asylum is a fundamental protection provided by Congress and ingrained in U.S. law for decades. No president has the authority to unilaterally block people who come to our border seeking safety. The courts have repeatedly sided with us on this issue, and we will continue to fight cruel policies, under any administration, that harm individuals and families who flee persecution,鈥� said Keren Zwick, director of litigation at the National Immigrant Justice Center. 鈥淭his decision is a win for human dignity and the rule of law. It sends a clear message: the government cannot use cruelty as a weapon against people fleeing violence. The court鈥檚 blocking of the Trump administration鈥檚 executive action underscores the inhumane and unlawful nature of this policy and strengthens our call to protect the right to seek asylum. The Texas Civil Rights Project will continue fighting for the rights of those seeking safety at our border,鈥� said Rochelle Garza, president of the Texas Civil Rights Project. 鈥淲e are grateful that today the court refused to accept the administration鈥檚 reckless disregard for the legal right to seek asylum. Every day that the United States fails to uphold its asylum process puts women, children, and families fleeing violence at risk of exploitation and serious harm,鈥� said Jennifer Babaie, director of advocacy and legal services of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center. 鈥淲e are pleased that the court has ruled in favor of people seeking protection at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Trump administration鈥檚 invocation of a 212(f) proclamation to block all access to asylum is blatantly xenophobic. Both U.S. and international law are clear 鈥� people have the right to seek protection at the border. We are grateful that the court has recognized this right and demand that the Trump administration comply and restart processing at the border immediately,鈥� said Laura St. John, the legal director for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. 鈥淎s the court rightly affirmed today, the Trump administration cannot rewrite our immigration laws and invent its own extra-statutory system to block people from exercising their rights,鈥� said Edith Sang眉eza, senior staff attorney at the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS). 鈥淯nder our laws, any person seeking safety at our southern border has a legal right to apply for asylum. The government cannot wield racist, baseless claims of an 鈥榠nvasion鈥� to demonize refugees and unilaterally strip them of that right. For over six months, the illegal border proclamation has wrought nothing but suffering and chaos, forcing people fleeing persecution back to peril and leaving others stuck in detention, struggling to navigate a made-up process. The administration should now comply with the court鈥檚 order and immediately reinstate a fair asylum process at the southern border.鈥� 鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling makes clear three salient points that transcend immigration at the border and speak to who we are as Americans. First, we are a nation of laws. Second, the Trump administration鈥檚 sweeping invocation of executive branch authority transgresses the bounds established by our Constitution and our legislative branch. And third, the judicial branch is what stands between us and anarchy. The Trump administration's prerogative is once again found to be unlawful. It is increasingly clear where the illegality lies, and it is not with the immigrant families upon whom this administration is inflicting unfathomable harm,鈥� said Javier Hidalgo, legal director at RAICES. 鈥淔ederal law unequivocally guarantees the right of refugees to seek asylum and the right not to be returned to face torture. President Trump鈥檚 attempt to eliminate these life-or-death rights with the swipe of a pen and under false pretenses had no legal basis, as the court today made clear,鈥� said Arthur Spitzer, senior counsel at the 红杏视频 of the District of Columbia. 鈥淭he court rejected the Trump administration鈥檚 efforts to upend our asylum system in a key ruling for our nation,鈥� said Adriana Pi帽on, legal director for the 红杏视频 of Texas. 鈥淭his attempt to completely shut down the border is an attack on the fundamental and longstanding right to seek safety in the U.S. from violence and persecution.鈥� The case was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The ruling is here.  

MIAMI 鈥� Following President Trump鈥檚 visit to the 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz鈥� detention facility in Miami-Dade County. Bacardi Jackson, Executive Director of the 红杏视频 of Florida, shared the following statement: 鈥淎s President Trump doubled down on his agenda of fear and division, we鈥檙e reminded that this cruel and inhumane stunt is part of a broader strategy to expand the abusive mass detention machine, and in turn, criminalize and disappear members of our communities. Building a prison-like facility on sacred indigenous land in the middle of the Everglades is a direct assault on humanity, dignity, indigenous sovereignty, and the constitutional protections we all share. 鈥淥ur laws 鈥� both U.S. and Florida 鈥� prohibit cruel and unusual punishment. Yet, this facility echoes some of our nation鈥檚 darkest history, all while trampling the very land that indigenous communities have long fought to protect. The facility鈥檚 opening also comes as Congress is poised to authorize $45 billion in funding to expand the harmful mass immigration detention machine, right on the heels of multiple deaths in detention facilities. This project dehumanizes people, strips them of their rights, and diverts public dollars from the services our communities need. 鈥淲hat the state is proposing is not a mandate 鈥� it is state-sponsored cruelty that would harm our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones. We cannot stand by while Florida becomes a testing ground for policies rooted in racism, fear, and erasure.鈥�

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected the Trump administration鈥檚 request for a stay of a lower court鈥檚 decision to release Dr. Badar Khan Suri from detention on bail. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested him on March 17th in retaliation for constitutionally protected speech and association, and he spent eight weeks in detention, mostly in Texas. Upon his release in May, he returned home to his wife and three children in Virginia, where his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of his arrest is proceeding. 鈥淚 am grateful for my freedom and for the time I have to spend with my family. I have faith that the American judiciary will protect my constitutional rights,鈥� said Dr. Badar Khan Suri. The Trump administration both appealed the ruling and sought a stay, which, if granted, would have allowed ICE to re-detain Dr. Khan Suri. With this decision, he will now remain free pending the Fourth Circuit鈥檚 consideration of the appeal. The government鈥檚 opening brief is due on July 14. 鈥淭he Trump administration is trying to silence speech it doesn鈥檛 agree with by targeting people like Dr. Khan Suri and Mahmoud Khalil, but ideas are not illegal,鈥� said Mary Bauer, executive director of the 红杏视频 of Virginia. 鈥淎mericans don鈥檛 want to live in a country where the federal government 鈥榙isappears鈥� people whose views it doesn鈥檛 like. The First Amendment protects all of us 鈥� regardless of citizenship 鈥� from being punished by the government for our political speech.鈥� Dr. Khan Suri, an Indian national, is a visa holder whose wife and children are U.S. citizens. Prior to his arrest, Dr. Khan Suri and his wife, who is Palestinian American, were doxxed by groups that target advocates for Palestinian rights. Agents abducted Dr. Khan Suri outside his home because of his speech in support of Palestinian rights and his family ties to Gaza, then secretly transported him 1,500 miles away from his family and his attorneys, moving him between five different ICE facilities in three states in four days. 鈥淭he Fourth Circuit has prevented the government from re-detaining Dr. Khan Suri, recognizing what is at stake here: Dr. Khan Suri鈥檚 right to stand in solidarity with Palestinians, his continued freedom from punitive and retaliatory incarceration, and his freedom to be with his family and community,鈥� said Astha Sharma Pokharel, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He is challenging his arrest and detention under the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Separately, his immigration case, in which the Trump administration is seeking to deport him, is now also proceeding in Virginia. 鈥淭he appeals court has rightly denied the government鈥檚 desperate and cruel attempt to re-detain Dr. Khan Suri over a thousand miles away from his family and community,鈥� said Scarlet Kim, senior staff attorney with the 红杏视频鈥檚 Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. 鈥淲e will continue to work to vindicate Dr. Khan Suri鈥檚 First Amendment rights so that others do not have to fear imprisonment for speaking out about issues that matter to them." Today鈥檚 ruling adds to a string of losses for the Trump administration in cases in which it has arrested immigrant students and academics for criticizing U.S. support of Israel鈥檚 assault on Gaza. In recent weeks, federal district courts have ordered Dr. Khan Suri, Tufts Ph.D student R眉meysa 脰zt眉rk, and Columbia students Mohsen Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil released from detention. Dr. Khan Suri is represented in his federal lawsuit by the 红杏视频 of Virginia, the 红杏视频, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the HMA Law Firm, and the Immigrants and Non-Citizens Rights Clinic at the CUNY School of Law.

WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频 condemns passage of the massive budget bill in the Senate, known as H.R. 1 or the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). H.R. 1 would gut Medicaid, cut off access to Planned Parenthood services for Medicaid enrollees, and restrict higher education opportunities, all to fund a dramatic and permanent increase to an immigration detention and deportation apparatus that is denying due process and violating human rights. Medicaid is a lifeline for more than 70 million people, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. Nearly 12 million people throughout the nation could lose their health insurance coverage under this bill. Medicaid pays for mental health services, treatment for opioid use disorder, and health care for the workers who allow our disabled and aging neighbors to live and work in their homes and communities instead of dehumanizing institutions. The version of OBBBA passed by the Senate slashes Medicaid funding by at least nine hundred billion dollars, imposing the largest cuts ever in the history of the program. Following the vote in the Senate, Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer with the 红杏视频, issued the following statement: 鈥淓very day that passes, more and more Americans are seeing this bill for what it is: A reckless attack on our health care, our civil liberties, and our very ability to survive. That鈥檚 why the Senate rushed through this bill as fast as it could. 鈥淭he Senate upped the cruelty in this bill and showed its complete and utter disregard for the health and well-being of children, adults, and people with disabilities. We shouldn鈥檛 be kicking millions of people off Medicaid and denying lifesaving care to fund the Trump administration鈥檚 extreme deportation machine. 鈥淭he American people did not vote for this. We will make sure that constituents remember the catastrophic harm this bill does and hold lawmakers accountable.鈥�