April 06, 2022
A D.C. federal judge extended the stay of his order directing the State Department to issue more than 9,000 diversity visas while the Biden administration appeals to the D.C. Circuit, but he unfroze his directive for the department to update the technology for processing the visas.
March 03, 2022
A D.C. federal judge gave the Biden administration on Thursday a 30-day reprieve from an order requiring 9,095 delayed diversity visas to be issued by Sept. 30, offering the administration time to seek an expedited review of the order.
October 16, 2020
Green card winners challenging President Donald Trump's move to restrict their arrival to the U.S. amid the pandemic urged a D.C. federal court to ignore some winners' support for pausing their cases while on appeal, saying delays would hurt them.
September 30, 2020
The Trump administration must preserve 9,095 of the 40,000 unused green cards awarded through the 2020 Diversity Lottery Program, a D.C. federal judge said late Wednesday, hours before the green cards were set to expire completely.
August 12, 2020
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday ordered the federal government to hand over documents concerning the Trump administration's coronavirus travel ban to diversity visa winners who say the virus restrictions wrecked the lottery program.
July 17, 2020
More than a hundred visa hopefuls, their relatives and employers have lodged a pair of D.C. federal court challenges to President Donald Trump's proclamations curbing immigration into the U.S., claiming the president overstepped his authority in disregard of federal immigration laws.