Litigation

U.S. Citizen Challenges Department of State Failure to Meaningfully Reconsider Denial of Spouse’s Immigrant Visa; Bad Faith After Visa Interview

Ms. Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, has challenged the U.S. Department of State's failure to meaningfully review substantial evidence that her husband, a Guatemalan citizen, is not a gang member. Read More

Impugnando la detención ilegal de padre de dos hijos en la célebre prisión salvadoreña

El Consejo Americano de Inmigración, el Proyecto Nacional de Inmigración y el Centro de Derechos Constitucionales presentaron una petición de hábeas corpus enmendada ante el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos en nombre del Sr. Quintero. Read More

Challenging Illegal Detention of Father of Two in Notorious Salvadoran Prison

Edicson David Quintero Chacón is challenging his indefinite, unconstitutional detention through a habeas corpus lawsuit after the U.S. government sent him to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison. Despite his pending federal case, he remains imprisoned incommunicado, one of over 200 people the U.S. has paid to detain there since March. Read More

CHIRLA v. DHS

This lawsuit, filed on behalf of nonprofit organizations, challenges a DHS rule requiring noncitizens to register and carry proof or face prosecution. Read More

Council Litigation Seeks Refugee Processing Data

This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeks to compel the U.S. Department of State to release data about the demographics, processing, and adjudication of refugees’ applications for admission into the United States through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. The United States has long played a leading role in resettling… Read More

Challenging Iowa’s State Deportation Law

We’re suing Iowa for a new law that criminalizes anyone who has reentered the state after being deported — including children — even if that person is now authorized to be in the U.S. This is the most extreme anti-immigrant law in the state’s history. Read More