April 17, 2025
A California federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from re-implementing its so-called Remain in Mexico policy while an immigrants' rights group challenges it, finding the group's "core" business activities will be irreparably harmed without a stay and the group is likely to win its First Amendment claims.
February 12, 2025
A nonprofit immigration legal services provider revived its challenge to the Remain in Mexico program after President Donald Trump rebooted it, telling a California federal judge the program's reimplementation flouts U.S. asylum law and burdens the organization's First Amendment rights.
October 20, 2023
A California federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to turn over more information about relations with Mexico in an ongoing challenge to the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, saying it appears that the government withheld some material from the plaintiffs.
March 16, 2023
A California federal judge gave the green light to a class of asylum-seekers to proceed with their challenge to the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, rejecting the government's contention that recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent moots the case.
August 17, 2021
Asylum-seekers stranded across the border under a Trump-era policy forcing them to wait in Mexico still face high barriers to presenting their cases, despite the Biden administration's termination of the program in June, immigration advocates told a California federal court.
October 28, 2020
Immigrant advocacy groups and asylum seekers, represented by Arnold & Porter and several nonprofit firms, filed a proposed class action in California federal court Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" program, claiming the policy deprives asylum seekers of their First and Fifth Amendment rights.