Texas v. Biden, Dec. 15, 2022 "This case began as a challenge to the termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols ("MPP") program in January 2021. Although the legal instruments governing the termination evolved over time by issuance... Read More
URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune, AUG. 26, 2022 "Willian woke up before dawn on a recent Tuesday, packed his legal documents into a blue folder and got in a van with other migrants to one of the international bridges that connect El Paso and... Read More
CGRS, Aug. 8, 2022 " A federal judge has vacated the injunction that forced the government to revive the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy, which the government concluded had inflicted “unjustifiable human costs.” This officially clears... Read More
Prof. Peter Margulies, Lawfare, July 7, 2022 "In a 5-4 decision on June 30, the Supreme Court cleared away a major obstacle to the Biden administration ending the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program (officially called... Read More
Jessica Gresko, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, July 1, 2022 "The Supreme Court said Thursday the Biden administration can scrap a Trump-era immigration policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration courts, a victory... Read More
Biden v. Texas - 20 F. 4th 928, reversed and remanded. ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. KAVANAUGH, J., filed a concurring opinion. ALITO, J., filed a dissenting opinion... Read More
Amy L. Howe, May 3, 2022 "Six days after hearing oral argument in the challenge to the Biden administration’s effort to unwind the “remain in Mexico” immigration policy, the Supreme Court on Monday called for more briefing. In... Read More
NILC, Apr. 28, 2022 - Federal Court Rules that Government Actions Under Remain in Mexico are Subject to Orantes Injunction "A federal district court on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to turn over information sought by advocates on whether... Read More
Prof. Peter Margulies, Lawfare, Jan. 20, 2022 "In an important decision on Dec. 13, 2021, in Texas v. Biden (Biden II), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the Biden administration’s latest bid to end the “ Remain... Read More
Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 3, 2022 "San Diego on Monday became the second U.S. border city where federal officials restarted the “Remain in Mexico” program. No asylum seekers were immediately returned to Tijuana to... Read More
Biden v. Texas - Petition for a Writ of Certiorari [CBS News article here .] Read More
Hon. Jeffrey S. Chase, Dec. 6, 2021 "The Round Table of Former Immigration Judges is a group of 51 former Immigration Judges and Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals who are committed to the principles of due process, fairness, and transparency... Read More
DHS, Dec. 2, 2021 "As required by a federal court order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been working in good faith to re-implement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. On December 2, 2021, in coordination with the Departments... Read More
Julia Ainsley, NBC News, Oct. 14, 2021 "After having lost a legal battle, the Biden administration tentatively plans a mid-November restart of a Trump-era policy that forces migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico for their U.S. immigration court... Read More
Business Wire, Oct. 4, 2021 "The Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project (GHIRP ), YMCA of Greater Houston, International Services (YMCA) , and Justice Action Center (JAC) , represented by Bracewell LLP, filed on Friday, October 1st... Read More