Press Releases

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May 19, 2025

In Summary Order, SCOTUS Backs Trump Administration, Strips Protections from 350,000 Venezuelan TPS Holders

350,000 Venezuelans lose legal status and work permits, and are at risk of deportation
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
May 01, 2025

Government Requests U.S. Supreme Court Stay in NTPSA v. Noem

Continues Trump Administration's effort to strip humanitarian protections from 350,000 Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 29, 2025

Court Bars Border Patrol’s Unlawful Stop-and-Arrest Practices

Preliminary injunction applies to future Border Patrol operations in the Eastern District of California
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Apr 22, 2025

League of Women Voters of California Acts to Protect Mailed Ballots in California

Rep. Darrell Issa’s lawsuit is an attack on voting rights and fair, accurate elections in nation’s most populous state
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Mar 31, 2025

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Termination of TPS for Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants from Venezuela

Protections for Venezuelans to remain in effect pending a final decision in the case
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Mar 24, 2025

TPS Holders Challenge Cancellation of Humanitarian Relief for 600,000 Venezuelans

Plaintiffs ask court to prevent DHS Secretary from terminating TPS
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights