April 07, 2026
A D.C. federal court has clarified that Haitian nationals deported by the Biden administration can still pursue their claim that the administration violated their due process rights, saying it fails only with respect to their inability to seek asylum before removal.
August 29, 2024
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday questioned government arguments that a proposed class of Haitian migrants' claims were moot in their challenge to the now-unenforceable Title 42 expulsion program for migrants from areas troubled by communicable disease, while wondering whether an immigration advocacy group plaintiff actually had standing.
July 25, 2022
More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general threw their support behind claims that a Haitian migrant was attacked by a U.S. Border Patrol officer, calling on a Washington, D.C., court to reject the Biden administration's bid to nix the suit.
June 22, 2022
A nonprofit organization backed the Biden administration's bid to toss a proposed class action accusing border patrol officers of whipping Haitian migrants and wrongfully denying them asylum, telling a D.C. federal court that the constitutional protections the migrants claim are overridden by COVID-19 concerns and a public health order.
June 13, 2022
The Biden administration asked a D.C. federal judge to toss a proposed class action from Haitian asylum-seekers accusing border patrol officers of whipping migrants, saying the migrants could not prove they'd likely be injured in the near future.
December 21, 2021
A Haitian man who says he was whipped by a U.S. Border Patrol officer while attempting to bring food to his family in a Texas migrant encampment has sued the Biden administration, alleging that his mistreatment was part of a policy targeting Haitians.