LAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER et al v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY et al

  1. May 21, 2025

    The Status Of Biden-Era Immigration Suits: A Roundup

    Following the presidential transition, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss suits brought by the Biden administration challenging state immigration enforcement measures in Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma, leaving the status of those cases up in the air.

  2. May 09, 2025

    Biden-Era Asylum Restrictions Mostly Struck Down

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday largely vacated a Biden-era rule that generally requires noncitizens to make an appointment through the CBP One mobile app at a port of entry to be eligible for asylum, finding it contravenes federal immigration law.

  3. January 30, 2025

    Attys Argue For Family's Parole After CBP One Shutdown

    Attorneys told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that the Trump administration has offered no basis for believing that a single mother and her two children would pose a threat to public safety if allowed into the country to apply for asylum.

  4. January 21, 2025

    Judge Wary Of Restoring All CBP One Appts Axed By Trump

    A D.C. federal judge seemed hesitant on Tuesday to grant a request by American Civil Liberties Union attorneys to order the Trump administration to reschedule all CBP One mobile app appointments the new administration canceled on inauguration day.

  5. January 01, 2025

    Key Immigration Cases To Watch In 2025

    The immigration litigation landscape is set to shift in 2025, with immigrant rights groups gearing up to challenge President-elect Donald Trump's anticipated policies, while his administration is expected to abandon challenges to Republican states' immigration enforcement laws.

  6. December 19, 2024

    DOJ Targets Groups' Standing In Asylum Limits Fight

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a federal judge immigrant rights groups don't have standing to challenge asylum restrictions enacted for the southern border based on claims that they prevent the groups from serving asylum seekers.

  7. December 12, 2024

    Immigrant Rights Groups Slam DHS 'Manifestation' Standard

    Immigrant rights organizations challenging the Biden administration's directive curtailing asylum at the southern border told a D.C. federal judge that the administration's latest brief confirms the updated rule goes far beyond what Congress authorized.

  8. December 05, 2024

    Feds Defend Asylum Rule And 'Manifestation' Standard

    The Biden administration on Wednesday defended its recent rule curtailing asylum at the southern border, telling a D.C. federal court that it acted reasonably in putting the "onus" on noncitizens to express a fear of persecution or torture.

  9. November 18, 2024

    Asylum-Seekers Say Updated DHS Border Directive Is Still Illegal

    Immigrant rights groups and asylum-seekers challenging the Biden administration's directive curtailing asylum at the southern border told a D.C. federal judge that the superseding rule the administration issued in September is just as illegal as its June predecessor.

  10. August 27, 2024

    Immigration Orgs Slam DHS' 'Tired Contentions' Over Asylum

    Immigration rights groups and asylum-seekers countered the Biden administration's "tired contentions" that new asylum restrictions at the southern border comport with federal immigration law, telling a D.C. federal judge that the policy is an attempted end-run around the law.