Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Texas Supreme Court: AG May Begin Proceedings to Close Down Catholic Refugee Agency for Harboring Illegal Migrants

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In Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ,  (TX Sup. Ct., May 30, 2025), the Texas Supreme Court held that a state trial court was in error in...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Suit Challenges HHS's Rescission of Sensitive Locations Policy

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Oregon federal district court by a group of churches, an interfaith council and a Latino organization challen...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

USCIS Is Screening Immigration Applicants for Antisemitic Activity

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Last week (April 9), the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin screening the social media of aliens applying for immi...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Churches Lack Standing to Challenge Rescission of DHS's Sensitive Locations Policy

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In Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (D DC, April 11, 2025), the D.C. federal district court, in a suit by 27 ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

7th Circuit: Visa Regulations for Temporary Religious Workers Do Not Violate RFRA or 1st Amendment

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In Society of the Divine Word v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ,  (7th Cir., Feb. 24, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appea...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Court Preliminarily Enjoins Enforcement Against Plaintiffs of New Guidelines for Immigration Raids at Churches

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In Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security ,  (D MD, Feb. 24, 2025), a Maryl...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

27 Religious Denominational Groups Sue DHS Over Rescission of Sensitive Locations Policy

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Yesterday, 27 Christian and Jewish denominational bodies and organizations filed suit in a D.C. federal district court challenging the resci...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Quaker Organizations Sue Over New Immigration Enforcement Policy

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Yesterday three organizations of Quaker congregations along with two individual congregations filed suit in a Maryland federal district cour...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments on State Closure of Catholic Agency Serving Migrants

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On January 13, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ( Links t...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Catholic Diocese Sues Feds Over Rule Change For Religious Worker Visas

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Suit was filed last month in a New Jersey federal district court by the Catholic diocese of Patterson, New Jersey and by several Catholic pr...
Wednesday, July 03, 2024

Court Rejects Texas AG's Challenge To Catholic Agency Assisting Migrants

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 As previously reported , a legal battle has been underway between Annunciation House, a Catholic agency serving migrants and refugees in El...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Texas AG Seeks to Liquidate Catholic Agency Providing Services to Migrants

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 A legal battle is underway between Annunciation House , a Catholic agency serving migrants and refugees in El Paso, and Texas Attorney Gene...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Court Upholds Procedure for Obtaining Immigrant Religious Worker Classification

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In Society of the Divine Word v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services ,  (ND IL, July 20, 2023), an Illinois federal district court r...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Immigration Officials Violated Pastor's Free Exercise Rights

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In Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (SD CA, March 21, 2023), a California federal district court held that U.S. immigration o...
Thursday, November 25, 2021

9th Circuit: BIA Should Consider Evangelical Christians Separately From All Christians In Assessing Deportation Risk

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In Nababan v. Garland ,  (9th Cir., Nov. 23, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

DC Circuit: USCIS Denial Of Religious Worker Visa Violated RFRA

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In National Capital Presbytery v. Mayorkas , (D DC, Oct. 19, 2021), the D.C. federal district court held that USCIS violated the Religious F...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Rules On Religious Workers' Visas Upheld

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In Salesian Society, Province of St. Philip the Apostle, Inc. v. Mayorkas ,  (D DC, Sept. 22, 2021), the D.C. federal district court dismiss...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Texas Governor's Order Invalid; Catholic Charities Can Continue Work With Migrants

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In United States v. State of Texas ,  (WD TX, Aug. 26, 2021), a Texas federal district court held unconstitutional on Supremacy Clause groun...
Friday, March 19, 2021

Court Rejects Claims of Discrimination Against Yemeni Family Members Of US Citizens

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In Almakalani v. McAleenan , (ED NY, March 16, 2021), a New York federal district court rejected a number of challenges to alleged unreason...
Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Sanctuary Leaders Sue Over Targeting and Excessive Fines

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Suit was filed last month in D.C. federal district court by advocacy groups and individuals who are leaders in the sanctuary movement claimi...