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Jun 04, 2024

Executive Order to Shut Down the Border Would Put Thousands of Lives at Risk

WASHINGTON — The White House released today a fact sheet announcing details on an impending executive action from the Biden administration that will severely restrict people’s ...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

May 23, 2024

Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156

OKLAHOMA CITY — Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching, harmful new law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that completel...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond

May 10, 2024

Mistreatment of Pregnant People in CBP Custody Prompts Renewed Calls for Change

Nearly 900 Organizations, Individuals Signed On to “Mother’s Day Card” Petition

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

May 09, 2024

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Iowa’s Unconstitutional SF 2340

DES MOINES, Iowa — Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today to block SF 2340, one of the worst, most far-reaching immigration laws ever passed in the state of Iowa. This...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird

Apr 18, 2024

Chinese Immigrants Urge Appeals Court to Block Florida’s Discriminatory Housing Law

MIAMI — On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments in Shen v. Simpson, a lawsuit challenging SB 264 — the Florida law that bans many Chinese ...

Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Shen v. Simpson

Mar 27, 2024

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blocks Extreme Texas Anti-Immigrant Law From Going Into Effect

Decision prevents law from being enforced while court considers its legality

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

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