Al Otro Lado and Haitian Bridge Alliance v. Noem
CGRS and our partners have filed a class action lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new asylum turnback policy.
Litigation
Defending asylum seekers in court is at the heart of what we do. The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies is committed to protecting as many refugees as possible under existing law even as we work for a more just legal system. We litigate in two key areas: advancing substantive asylum law to keep legal avenues open for refugees and protecting the asylum system itself to make sure that people have access to a fair legal process. This litigation docket provides an update on some of the major cases that CGRS is fighting in court.
Al Otro Lado v. Noem
CGRS and our partners are challenging the government's illegal turnback (or "metering") policy.
Al Otro Lado v. Trump
CGRS and our partners are challenging the Trump administration's asylum shutdown policy, which has stranded people seeking safety in perilous conditions in Mexico.
AsylumWorks v. Wolf
Credit: Brooke Anderson
We won a major victory defeating Trump administration rules that drastically limited asylum seekers' access to work permits.
Damus v. Noem
CGRS joined the ACLU and Human Rights First in a class action lawsuit challenging ICE's unlawful detention of people seeking asylum.
E.G.V. v. ICE
CGRS and Casa Cornelia filed a FOIA lawsuit forcing ICE to release information on the mistreatment of an asylum seeker in detention and on the agency's unlawful attempts to deport her.
E.Q. v. DHS
Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS and our partners are challenging the government's Mandatory Bars Rule, which imposes unlawful barriers to protection for people fleeing persecution and torture.
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr
CGRS provided amicus support in a successful challenge to the Trump administration's third country transit ban.
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump
Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS, the ACLU, and the National Immigrant Justice Center have brought a legal challenge to the Biden administration's asylum ban.
Grace v. Barr
Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS and the ACLU won an injunction blocking the government from rejecting survivors of gender- and gang-related violence in initial asylum screenings at the border.
Immigrant Defenders Law Center v. Noem
CGRS is co-counsel in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of people harmed under the original implementation of Trump's Remain in Mexico policy.
Innovation Law Lab v. Noem
Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS, the ACLU, and the Southern Poverty Law Center secured multiple court rulings finding the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico policy unlawful.