September 15, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has taken up the mantle of a Biden-era regulation that curtailed the availability of asylum at the southern border, telling a D.C. federal judge that the policy was well within the executive branch's authority.
December 09, 2024
The Biden administration and attorneys for a group of asylum-seekers challenging a rule restricting asylum on the southern border told a D.C. federal judge that settlement talks are ongoing but may not conclude before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.
August 21, 2024
A pair of cases in the Ninth Circuit and D.C. federal court in which asylum-seekers are challenging a Biden administration rule limiting asylum at the southern border are still in the settlement-discussion stage.
April 08, 2024
A coalition of 20 Republican state attorneys general is urging a D.C. federal judge to allow five additional states to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's rule limiting asylum amid settlement talks to resolve the litigation.
March 22, 2024
The Biden administration and a group of asylum-seekers say Republican-led states can't intervene in their attempts to settle a lawsuit challenging asylum limits, with both parties saying the states had admitted that the administration adequately represented their interests.
March 07, 2024
Several Republican attorneys general said Thursday their states should get the opportunity to intervene in the Biden administration's attempt to settle a lawsuit over a rule limiting asylum, saying the rule actually helps states deal with unlawful immigration.
February 07, 2024
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday temporarily paused a suit by asylum seekers challenging a Biden administration rule limiting asylum at the southern border after the parties said they are exploring a settlement.
September 29, 2023
Asylum seekers turned away at the southern border under a Biden administration rule told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that ensuing changes to the expedited removal process flout congressional intent and should be found unlawful.
July 13, 2023
In the coming months, federal courts could determine the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and issue decisions with major ramifications for President Joe Biden's efforts to reduce irregular migration.
June 26, 2023
A group of asylum seekers sued the Biden administration to challenge a new rule that they claim alters the asylum screening interview process and wrongfully sends many hopeful asylees back to the dangerous conditions they've been hoping to escape.