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Tracking The Lawsuits Against The Trump Administration Immigration

Bonisiwe Shabane
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tracking the lawsuits against the trump administration immigration

By Alex Lemonides, Seamus Hughes, Mattathias Schwartz, Lazaro Gamio and Camille Baker The Trump administration’s sweeping policy changes face a number of lawsuits. In many of these cases, the courts have let the administration’s policies stay in effect, but in more than 100 cases, the courts have issued preliminary injunctions, or temporary restrictions on the administration’s directives. Here is a snapshot of where the lawsuits against President Trump stand: The dozens of lawsuits fall into these categories. This living, searchable resource tracks legal challenges to Trump administration executive actions.

If you think we are missing anything, you can email us at [email protected]. The Tracker is part of the Collection: Just Security’s Coverage of the Trump Administration’s Executive Actions. For important litigation updates delivered to your inbox at the end of every weekday, sign up for “Today on Just Security,” a weekday newsletter that also includes our articles from the day. Readers may also be interested in signing up for our free Early Edition roundup of global and national news each workday morning. (Both sign-ups are free and we respect your privacy; your email address is only used to send you the requested email). If you would like to help support our efforts, we appreciate donations of any amount, as it takes a village to produce this work.

In January 2025, the Trump administration stopped providing ASL interpreters at public press briefings and other similar events. The federal government had provided ASL interpretation for all coronavirus press briefings following a court order in October 2020 and began voluntarily providing interpretation services at all press briefings by key administration officials in... The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a civil rights organization, and two members of NAD are suing President Trump, Susan Wiles, the White House Chief of Staff, Karoline Leavitt, the Press Secretary to... Plaintiffs argue that without such services, deaf and hard of hearing individuals are unable to meaningfully access federal government programs and services or participate in American society. Plaintiffs claim that Defendants are violating the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits executive agencies from discriminating against individuals with disabilities when conducting any program or activity. Plaintiffs also allege that Defendants are violating the First Amendment, arguing that freedom of speech includes the right to receive information and that this deprivation impinges on their ability to petition the government.

Plaintiffs further argue that the Fifth Amendment is violated because Plaintiffs are being denied equal protection under the law by being treated differently and because the Plaintiffs’ fundamental rights under the First Amendment are... Plaintiffs seek preliminary and permanent injunctive relief requiring Defendants to provide ASL interpreters at press briefings and other similar events. They also seek a court declaration that Defendants are violating the Rehabilitation Act and the First and Fifth Amendments. Update 1: On November 4, Judge Ali granted plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in part, ordering the administration to provide a simultaneous and publicly accessible feed with American Sign Language (“ASL”) interpretation for... The court did not grant the plaintiffs’ request to require ASL interpretation for Vice President, First Lady, or Second Lady press briefings or events and that interpretation be provided for all videos on the... President Donald Trump is facing roughly 400 lawsuits resulting from his executive orders, far more than had been filed at this point during his first term.

Lower-court judges have blocked or narrowed many of Trump’s priorities in response to the flood of legal challenges. But the Supreme Court has cleared the way for many of the president’s initiatives to move forward while litigation continues. State attorneys general (AGs) sued the federal government a record 138 times during the first Trump administration and are on pace to reach a new high this second term. Seven months into the current administration, state AGs are utilizing these lawsuits to – among other things – mitigate the impact of federal policies on immigrant communities. Over the last few decades, state AG offices litigated against the federal government more frequently, often in coalition with other states, to challenge perceived federal overreach, protect state residents’ rights, or influence national policy. Lawsuits filed in coalition with other state AGs may help strengthen credibility, broaden the ruling’s impact, and promote resource sharing.

During the first Trump administration, the volume of multistate AG litigation against the federal government reached a new high — nearly double the figure across both terms of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. State AGs are proving just as eager to use litigation to challenge federal policy during Trump’s second term as over 300 lawsuits were filed against the administration through July, with close to 40 of... State AGs coordinated many of these efforts, with 33 lawsuits filed by coalitions of 10 or more state AGs – and 14 of these involving at least 20 state AGs. At least seven of these lawsuits directly target policies related to immigration — the first multistate coalition lawsuit of the second Trump administration opposed the executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship. Below, we explore ongoing efforts of state AGs to shape federal immigration policies.

The Trump administration has sought access to various federal, state, and local databases to support their mass deportation agenda, eroding established norms and raising legal concerns around data privacy. State AGs challenged two of these instances, suing the administration over efforts to share sensitive data on Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients for immigration enforcement purposes. Making civil rights litigation information and documents accessible, for free. President Trump Signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office, Jan. 2025 President Trump is seeking to transform the U.S.

government, making radical changes to federal spending, the federal civil service, the American immigration system, anti-discrimination law and practice, and many other areas. The Clearinghouse is tracking the ensuing litigation and posting (and frequently updating) case summaries and documents. We'll include civil rights and also challenges to Presidential authority, even if those are not in areas traditionally considered civil rights. You can follow the work via the Clearinghouse in two special collections. Check them out! myAU | AU Library | myWCL | Library Home | myLEAGLE Library Account

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