REFERENCES [ONE MONTH IN…]

REFERENCES

EXECUTIVE ORDERS, PROCLAMATIONS, MEMORANDA

1. 1. Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion
   2. Executive order 14160, Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8449, (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02007/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship
   3. Executive Order 14163, Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program, (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8459, (Jan. 30, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02011/realigning-the-united-states-refugee-admissions-program
   4. Executive Order 14165, Securing Our Borders, (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8467, (Jan. 30, 2025), (The Order also directs the Attorney General and other federal agencies to “prioritize the prosecution of criminal offenses related to the unauthorized entry or continued unauthorized presence of [immigrants] in the United States” among other things), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02015/securing-our-borders
   5. Executive Order 14169, Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8610 (Jan. 30, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02091/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid
   6. Memorandum, Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity, (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-migrant-operations-center-at-naval-station-guantanamo-bay-to-full-capacity/
   7. Proclamation 10886, Declaring a National emergency at the Southern Border of the United States, (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8327 (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-01951/guaranteeing-the-states-protection-against-invasion.
   8. Proclamation 10888, Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion, (Jan. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8333 (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-01951/guaranteeing-the-states-protection-against-invasion.

AGENCIES MEMORANDA & NOTICES

1.  Bejamine Huffman, Memorandum: Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas, (Dept. of Homeland Security, Jan. 20, 2025), https://www.nafsa.org/sites/default/files/media/document/BenjamineHuffmanProtectedAreasMemo_20250120.pdf.
2. Executive Office for Immigration Review, Stop Work Order (Jan. 22, 2025), https://acaciajustice.org/acacia-remains-steadfast-in-commitment-to-immigrant-communities/, https://www.aila.org/library/think-immigration-vital-lifeline-for-adults-families-and-children-in-removal-proceedings-forced-to-halt
3. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, ad Migration Stop work order to resettlement agency (Jan. 24, 2025), https://immpolicytracking.org/policies/report-tump-memo-bars-resettlement-agencies-from-providing-services-to-refugees-currently-in-the-united-states/#/tab-policy-documents
4. Department of Homeland Security, Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal, (Jan. 21, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 8139 (Jan. 24, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/24/2025-01720/designating-aliens-for-expedited-removal.
5. Office of Management and Budget, OMB Mem. M-25-13. Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs, (Jan. 27. 2025), https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.01.27_OMB_Memo_M-25-13_.pdf. This memorandum  was rescinded the next day, OMB Mem. M-25-14, Rescission of M-25-13 (Jan. 28, 2025), https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.01.29_OMB_Memo_M-25-14_Rescinding_Funding_Freeze.pdf.
6. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Vacatur of 2025 Temporary Protected Status Decision for Venezuela, 90 Fed. Reg. 8806 (Feb. 3, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/03/2025-02183/vacatur-of-2025-temporary-protected-status-decision-for-venezuela.
7. Memorandum for all Department Employees, Sanctuary Jurisdictions Directives (Feb. 5, 2025), https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.02.05_AG_Memo_Sanctuary_Jurisdiction_Directives.pdf
8. Field Guidance #26 – Fingerprint Background Checks and Acceptable supporting Documentation for a Family Reunification Application (Administration for Children & Families, Feb. 14, 2025), https://acf.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/ORR-FG-26-Revised-Fingerprint-Requirements-for-Sponsors-and-HHM–02-14-2025-.pdf.
9. DHS Announces Nationwide and International Ad Campaign Warning Illegal aliens to Self-Deport and Stay Out (DHS, Feb. 17, 2025), https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/02/17/dhs-announces-ad-campaign-warning-illegal-aliens-self-deport-and-stay-out.
10. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Partial Vacatur of 2024 Temporary Protected Status Decision for Haiti (Feb. 20, 2025), 90 Fed. Reg. 10511 (Feb. 24, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/24/2025-02970/partial-vacatur-of-2024-temporary-protected-status-decision-for-haiti.

LITIGATION 

Challenge stripping of birthright citizenship:

1. New Hampshire Indonesian Community support v. Donald J. Trump, (D.N.H., Jan. 20, 2025) (a nationwide injunction was issued on February 10, 2025 enjoining the operation of the executive order), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69560542/new-hampshire-indonesian-community-support-v-trump/.
2. O. Doe,; Brazilian worker Center, Inc.; La Colaborativa v. Donald J. Trump, (D.Mass., Jan. 20, 2025) (the court on February 13, 2025, granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the government from implementing and enforcing the executive order against the plaintiffs), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69560579/doe-v-trump/.
3. State of New Jersey et al v. Donald J. Trump, (D. Mass. Jan. 21, 2025) (The state of New Jersey together with 17 states and two cities challenge the executive order stripping birth right citizenship. The court on February 13, 2025, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69561497/state-of-new-jersey-v-trump/.
4. Casa v. Donald Trump, (D.Md., Jan. 21, 2025) (The court on February 5, 2025 issued the first nationwide injunction), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69563661/casa-inc-v-trump/.Trump et al. (W.D. Wash., Jan. 24, 2025)(this case was joined with the State of Washington case), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69576744/franco-aleman-v-trump/.
5. State of Washington et al v. Donald J. Trump et al, (W.D. Wash., Jan. 21, 2025)(this court issued the first temporary restraining order on this matter on January 23, 2025 and a second nationwide injunction on this matter on February 6, 2025. The government appealed to the Nineth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking an emergency motion to state the injunction, which was denied on February 19, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69561931/state-of-washington-v-trump/.
6. OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates v. Marco Rubio et al, (D.D.C. Jan. 30, 2025)(plaintiff sued on behalf of two pregnant women who are on lawful, temporary, nonimmigrant visa), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69595158/oca-asian-pacific-american-advocates-v-rubio/.
7. County of Santa Clara v. Trump, et al, (N.D. Cal., Jan. 30, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69594402/county-of-santa-clara-v-trump/.
8. Le v. Trump, (C.D. Cal., Jan. 20, 2025)(this case is sealed and has been held in abeyance pending the TRO and preliminary injunction in the case Washington v. Trump), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69560620/thien-le-v-donald-j-trump/?utm_source=www.courtwatch.news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=lawsuits-related-to-trump-admin-executive-orders.
9. New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump et al., (S.D.N.Y., Feb. 13, 2025)(this case includes a plaintiff who is a Venezuelan woman who has Temporary Protected Status and a pending asylum application and is five months pregnant), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69638232/unknown-case-title/.

Challenge OMB blanket federal funding freeze

Despite two restraining orders blocking OMB from freezing federal funds, the federal government continued to freeze federal funds and refused to fully resume disbursement of appropriated funding, prompting the federal judge in Rhode Island to issue an order to enforce the previously issued restraining order:

1. 1. National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget, (D.D.C. Jan. 28, 2025), (challenge the blanket federal funding freeze), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583571/national-council-of-nonprofits-v-office-of-management-and-budget/.
   2. New York at al v. Donald J. Trump, (D.R.I, Jan. 28. 2025), (New York, together with 22 states and Washington D.C. challenge the blanket federal funding freeze), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585994/state-of-new-york-v-trump/.

Challenge the expansion of expedited removal:

1. 1. Make the Road New York v. Huffman et al., (D.D.C., Jan. 22, 2025), (Challenge the expansion of expedited removal) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69566723/make-the-road-new-york-v-huffman/.

Challenge the revocation of Sensitive Location protection:

1. 1. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security ,(D.Md., Jan. 27, 2025), (the court issued a preliminary injunction on February 24, 2025 for the plaintiffs enjoining the government from conducting immigration enforcement at plaintiffs’ places of worship) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69580474/philadelphia-yearly-meeting-of-the-religious-society-of-friends-v-us/

Access of lawyers to immigrants in detention – challenge the EOIR stop work order suspending Legal Orientation Program for detained adults, and Immigration Court Helpdesk:

1. 1. Amica Center for Immigrant Rights et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, (D.D.C., Jan. 31, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69599829/amica-center-for-immigrant-rights-v-united-states-department-of-justice/.

Challenge Asylum ban:

1. 1. Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, (D.D.C. June 12, 2024), (Plaintiffs filed a motion for temporary restraining order and requested an immediate status conference on the challenge of the discontinuation of CBP One app), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68850646/las-americas-immigrant-advocacy-center-v-us-department-of-homeland/.
   2. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v. Noem, (D.D.C. Feb. 3, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69606027/refugee-and-immigrant-center-for-education-and-legal-services-v-noem/

Deportation of migrants to Guantanamo Bay:

1. Perez Parra v. Castro, (D.N.M, Feb. 14, 2025), (challenging the deportation of migrants to Guantanamo Bay), https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nmd.506841/gov.uscourts.nmd.506841.50.0.pdf
2. Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Ctr. v. Noem, (D.D.C. Feb. 12, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69633721/las-americas-immigrant-advocacy-center-v-noem/

Revocation of TPS renewal for Venezuelans:

1. 1. National TPS Alliance et al. v. Noem, (N.D. Cal., Feb. 19, 2025), 25-cv-1766, (challenge the revocation of TPS extension for many Venezuelans) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69655305/national-tps-alliance-v-noem/.
   2. CASA, Inc., and Make the Road New York v. Noem, (D.Md., Feb. 20, 2025), 8:25-cv-00525, (challenge the revocation of TPS extension for many Venezuelans), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69656739/casa-inc-v-noem/

Suspension of refugee resettlement and services

1. 1. Pacito v. Trump, (W.D. Wash, Feb. 10, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69626101/pacito-v-trump/.
   2. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. Dept. of State et al. (D.D.C. Feb. 18, 2025), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69649820/united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops-v-united-states-department-of/.

NEWSCLIPS

1.  Dan De Luce, Abigal Williams and Tavleen Tarrant, Trump’s suspension of refugee program puts Afghans and others in potential danger, advocates, The move leaves tens of thousands of Afghan refugees at risk days before implementation of the executive order was expected (NBC News, Jan. 22, 2025), https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-suspension-refugee-program-puts-afghans-others-potential-danger-rcna188744.
2. Dug Begleu, Jhair Romero, Houston’s Afghan refugees, relatives face uncertainty as Trump orders pause on resettlement program (Houston Chronicle, Jan. 28. 2025), https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/immigration/article/afghan-refugees-trump-immigration-order-20058902.php.Elizabeth Trovall, This program helped Afghan women learn to drive. Then Trump cut refugee resettlement. (Market Place, Feb, 18, 2025), https://www.marketplace.org/2025/02/18/refugee-women-drive-driving-lessons-houston-texas-ymca-class-program/.
3. Paul Flahive, Trump administration orders lawyers for vulnerable unaccompanied minors to stop their work: The Tuesday order affects tens of thousands of children, some with no family and no legal status, (Houston Public Media, Feb. 19. 2025), https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/02/19/514184/trump-administration-orders-lawyers-for-vulnerable-unaccompanied-minors-to-stop-their-work/. The order was lifted on February 21, 2025, following successful and intense advocacy.
4. Manuel Cobela, More than 170 Venezuelan migrants, deported to Guantanamo as port of Trump’s crackdown, flown home, (CNN, Feb. 21, 2025), https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/americas/venezuelan-migrants-deported-guantanamo-bay-intl-hnk/index.html.
5. Karina Tsui and Priscilla Alvarez, Reuters: Trump administration launches , new effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children, according to internal memo (CNN Feb. 24, 2025), https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/us/trump-administration-effort-deport-unaccompanied-minors/index.html.

OTHER REFERENCES

1. 1. Refugee Council USA, FY24 Year-end Refugee Arrivals Report (Oct. 28, 2024), https://rcusa.org/resources/fy24-annual-refugee-arrivals-report/; Refugee Council USA, FY25 (Q1) Refugee Arrival Report (Jan. 14, 2025), https://rcusa.org/resources/fy25-q1-refugee-arrivals-report-2/

USEFUL RESOURCES

1. 1. NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER – for policy updates, Know Your Rights Information (https://www.nilc.org/resources/)
   2. HOUSTON IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES COLLABORATIVE – Know Your Rights information (https://houstonimmigration.org/for-community/kyr/)
   3. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) – Know Your Rights (https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights)
   4. IMMIGRANT DEFENSE PROJECT – Know Your rights (https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/for-communities/)
   5. Immigration Policy Tracking Project, https://immpolicytracking.org/
   6. Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions, https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/