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SCOTUS Gives Trump Administration Carte Blanche to Strip More Than a Million People of their Legal Status With No Oversight

Court greenlights Trump administration's termination of TPS for Syria and Haiti and eliminated most judicial review of TPS decision-making
Court Cases: Mullin v. Dahlia Doe

Federal Court Strikes Down Courthouse Arrests Nationwide

The ruling, a major blow to the Trump administration deportation agenda, also restores protections against inhumane detention
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

As SCOTUS Prepares to Rule, New Evidence Confirms that DHS Lied about its Actions When Terminating TPS for Haitians

Plaintiffs file a motion to dismiss at the Supreme Court, relying in part on new documents
Court Cases: Mullin v. Dahlia Doe

Legal Teams React to SCOTUS Arguments on Cases Challenging Termination of TPS for Haiti and Syria

The Supreme Court's decision could also impact more than 1.3 million TPS holders from all 17 TPS-designated countries, as the administration is asking to make TPS decision-making unreviewable by the court system.
Court Cases: Mullin v. Dahlia Doe

ACLU Defends Court Order Barring Border Patrol's Unlawful Stop-and-Arrest Practices

Plaintiffs in United Farm Workers v. Noem asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the April 2025 preliminary injunction
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

SCOTUS Case To Decide Future of TPS for 1.3 Million Immigrants

We're challenging the Trump administration's attempt to make virtually all Temporary Protection Status decisions unreviewable by the court system.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court Cases: Mullin v. Dahlia Doe

Court Finds Border Patrol Violated Federal Court Order During Sacramento Raids

The court granted a motion to enforce an order barring Border Patrol from making illegal stops in the Eastern District of California
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights