August 19, 2024
The state of Texas asked a D.C. federal judge to grant it and the federal government victory in a suit brought by two immigrants' rights organizations challenging a rule from President Joe Biden's administration limiting asylum in the U.S.
August 15, 2024
The federal government is reiterating its arguments that the state of Texas should not be allowed to join a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's newest limits on asylum seekers, arguing Thursday that a Texas federal judge's dismissal of the state's challenge to a 2023 asylum rule was instructive.
August 14, 2024
The remainder of this year could see courts render decisions on President Joe Biden’s efforts to curb unlawful immigration, the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and fresh challenges to immigration-related regulations. Here, Law360 looks at cases that could rock the immigration sphere in the latter half of the year.
August 05, 2024
The U.S. government and immigration advocacy groups are pushing back on Texas' bid to participate in litigation over a new Biden administration policy restricting asylum at the southern border, telling a D.C. federal judge the state lacks both standing and a "legally protectable interest" in the lawsuit.
July 29, 2024
Immigration advocacy groups suing the Biden administration over new restrictions on asylum for migrants crossing the southern border told a D.C. federal judge that the policy is "flatly inconsistent" with federal asylum law and must be thrown out.
July 22, 2024
The state of Texas is seeking to intervene in a D.C. federal court lawsuit challenging a new federal policy that restricts asylum at the southern border, saying that it does not trust the Biden administration to defend the executive authority used to issue the rule.
June 12, 2024
Immigrant rights groups sued the Biden administration Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court over a new policy that largely halts asylum for migrants crossing the border in between ports of entry, saying the policy echoes unlawful Trump-era asylum bans.