Legal Brief
Matal v. Tam: Advancing Justice | AAJC And Civil Rights And Advocacy Groups In Support of Neither Party (formerly Lee v. Tam)
In January, Advancing Justice - AAJC, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC) and OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) filed a lawsuit challenging the President's executive order on birthright citizenship.
RIGHT TO BE, SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK, ST. BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES, ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER, v. PAMELA BONDI, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MAUREEN HENNEBERG
See below to view the complaint filed on July 2, 2025 on behalf of Right To Be, South Asian Network, St. Barnabas Senior Services of Los Angeles and Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center against the Department of Justice.
Solutions in Hometown Connections, et al., and Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition v. Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies,
Congress has mandated that DHS “promot[e] instruction and training on citizenship
responsibilities for aliens interested in becoming naturalized citizens.” 6 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2).
Official Complaint Document in Federal lawsuit on behalf of civil rights and voting organizations
On March 25, 2025, the president issued an executive order titled Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.
We are writing further to our conversations in February, our email from March 11, as well as your response today (March 13). In your latest response, you indicated that DOJ has purportedly “taken appropriate steps to inform non-defendant entities of [the Order’s] scope,” and that sharing any notices or details with us “is neither necessary nor appropriate.”
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, et al., v. Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
PLAINTIFFS’ EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE REGARDING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVERSITY OFFICERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, and upon consideration of the Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction filed by Plaintiffs National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the American Association of University Professors, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland (ECF No. 27) (the “Motion”), Defendants’ memorandum in opposition to the Motion (ECF No. 35), Plaintiffs’ reply brief (ECF No.
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education; American Association of University Professors; Restaurant Opportunities Centers United; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland; Plaintiffs v. Donald J. Trump
On his first day in office, Defendant President Trump moved to unilaterally end birthright citizenship by edict, eviscerating the rights of children and more than a century of settled law. His Executive Order entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” (the “Order”) directs every department and agency of the United States to refuse to recognize as an American citizen any child born on American soil whose mother is “unlawfully present” or temporarily present and whose father who is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (hereinafter, “Targeted Children”).