Centro Presente et al v. Biden et al

  1. April 23, 2019

    WH Docs Could Prove Trump's 'Racial Animus,' Groups Argue

    Only internal White House documents can prove whether President Donald Trump's alleged "racial animus" influenced decisions by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Salvadorans and Hondurans, immigrants and nonprofit groups argued Tuesday in Boston federal court.

  2. March 22, 2019

    White House, Trump Are Off Limits In TPS Suit, Gov't Says

    Nonprofit and immigrant groups suing the Trump administration over its decision to terminate temporary protected status for Haitians, Salvadorans and Hondurans should not be able to compel discovery from the president and his top advisers, the government told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday.

  3. March 08, 2019

    Feds Wrong To Shield Files On Protected Status, Groups Say

    The Trump administration cannot withhold certain documents under the presidential communications privilege while also claiming that President Donald Trump was not involved in the decisions to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Salvadorans and Hondurans, nonprofit groups and immigrants suing the administration said Friday.

  4. January 09, 2019

    Feds Say Suit Seeking 'Apprentice' Tapes Must Be Stayed

    The federal government moved Wednesday to stay a lawsuit by nonprofit groups and immigrants who say "racial animus" fueled the Trump administration's decisions to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Salvadorans and Hondurans, citing a lack of funding and authorization to work on the case due to the government shutdown.

  5. November 14, 2018

    Trump 'Apprentice' Tapes Sought In Protected Status Suit

    Several nonprofits and immigrants who alleged in Massachusetts federal court that "racial animus" fueled the Trump administration's decisions to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Salvadorans and Hondurans sought copies Tuesday of recordings from "The Apprentice" that purportedly show Donald Trump making racially insensitive remarks during the filming of the reality television show.

  6. July 23, 2018

    Trump Can't Slip Suit Over Ending Immigration Protections

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday rejected most of the Trump administration's bid to toss a lawsuit by nonprofits and immigrants alleging 'racial animus' fueled its decision to end temporary protected status for Haitian, Salvadoran and Honduran immigrants, clearing the way for the immigrants to continue their bid to block that termination.

  7. July 12, 2018

    'Racial Animus' May Be Behind TPS Cancellation, Groups Say

    A group of immigrants and nonprofits told a federal court Thursday that the Trump administration acted in a discriminatory and unconstitutional fashion when it canceled temporary protective status for immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti.

  8. June 22, 2018

    17 AGs Join Fight Against Trump's Move To Cancel TPS

    More than a dozen state attorneys general on Friday voiced their support for a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's recent decision to cancel temporary protected status for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and Honduras, urging the district court to hear the immigrants' claims.

  9. May 09, 2018

    Trump's TPS Cancellation For Hondurans Challenged In Court

    A group of immigrants and nonprofits challenged the Trump administration's recent decision to cancel temporary protected status for Honduran immigrants living in the U.S., arguing in an amended complaint filed on Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court that the termination is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

  10. May 08, 2018

    Trump Can't Be Sued Over Immigrant Protections, Feds Say

    President Donald Trump should be dropped from a suit challenging his administration's decision to terminate temporary protected status for Salvadoran and Haitian immigrants, the federal government told a Massachusetts federal court Monday.