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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.
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.
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The Supreme Court has taken up CGRS and our partners' challenge to the government's rescinded turnback ("metering") policy.
CGRS and our partners are challenging Trump's illegal proclamation shutting down access to asylum at the southern border.
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CGRS and our partners are challenging the Trump administration's asylum shutdown policy, which has stranded people seeking safety in perilous conditions in Mexico.
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CGRS joined the ACLU and Human Rights First in a class action lawsuit challenging ICE's unlawful detention of people seeking asylum.
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CGRS and our partners are challenging the government's Mandatory Bars Rule, which imposes unlawful barriers to protection for people fleeing persecution and torture.
- Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS, the ACLU, and the National Immigrant Justice Center have brought a legal challenge to the Biden administration's asylum ban.
- Credit: Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald via AP
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.
- Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS and our partners are challenging the Biden administration's asylum shutdown rule.
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CGRS, the ACLU, and the National Immigrant Justice Center have filed a lawsuit challenging the application of President Biden's asylum ban in credible fear interviews and related policy changes.
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The Supreme Court has taken up CGRS and our partners' challenge to the government's rescinded turnback ("metering") policy.
- Credit: Brooke Anderson
CGRS and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program won an injunction blocking a Trump-era rule that would have created nearly insurmountable barriers to asylum.
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CGRS and our partners are challenging Trump's illegal proclamation shutting down access to asylum at the southern border.
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CGRS and co-counsel brought a lawsuit challenging the first and second Trump administration's “Asylum Cooperative Agreements.” We requested leave to file our second amended complaint in December 2025 as the administration continues to aggressively expand use of ACA-based motions to pretermit throughout the country.