May 18, 2023
A Maryland federal court closed out a lawsuit challenging now-defunct Trump-era rules limiting work permit access for asylum-seekers, ruling Thursday that the organizations challenging the policies have already won all the relief they requested.
October 19, 2022
Organizations alleging that their asylum-seeker clients are still harmed by vacated work permit policies spurned the Biden administration's efforts to end their lawsuit over the Trump-era rules, calling the government's recent arguments "nullities" that were unallowable under a Maryland court's briefing schedule.
October 18, 2022
The Biden administration urged a Maryland federal court on Tuesday to drop a legal challenge to now-defunct Trump-era policies delaying asylum-seeker work permits, calling the case moot in light of a separate court order erasing the policies.
October 06, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is asking a Maryland federal court to pause a lawsuit brought against it by immigration advocacy groups, saying the court's rulings on issues brought up in similar lawsuits over asylum-seeker work authorization requests could resolve this case.
September 12, 2022
Immigration advocacy groups have asked a Maryland federal judge to rule in their favor in a suit over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's processing of asylum-seekers' work authorization requests, saying the government hasn't been following an injunction to process applications in 30 days, causing "irreparable harm."
February 09, 2022
Immigration advocacy groups told a Maryland federal judge that a D.C. court ruling vindicated their argument that the acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lacked the authority to issue restrictions on work permits for asylum-seekers.
February 01, 2022
Immigrant advocacy groups fighting Trump-era regulations restricting asylum-seeker work permits have told a Maryland federal court that the acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at the time had no authority to make the rules.
January 18, 2022
A Maryland federal judge appeared unconvinced Tuesday by the Biden administration's justification for reinstating a Trump-era regulation that made it harder for asylum-seekers to get permission to work in the U.S. while waiting for their applications to be processed.
June 16, 2021
The Biden administration has asked a Maryland federal judge to keep intact a Trump-era asylum work rule that gives the U.S. Department of Homeland Security more time to process work permits, saying the increased flow of asylum-seekers justifies the change.
June 04, 2021
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security asked a Maryland federal court to preserve Trump-era regulations restricting asylum-seeker work permits, saying the official who created the policies had the legal authority to do so despite several courts calling that authority into question.