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J.Z. v. DHS: Restoring Access to Biometrics for People in ICE Detention

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A group of immigrants in detention represented by Democracy Forward, National Immigration Project, and the National Immigrant Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit challenging a December 2025 Trump administration policy that blocks detained people from completing biometrics processes, including fingerprints and photos, for applications filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Without biometrics, people’s immigration applications are automatically denied.

Garcia Ramirez, et al. v. ICE, et al.

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Garcia Ramirez et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al., is a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for transferring unaccompanied minors who reach their 18th birthdays to ICE adult detention facilities without considering less restrictive placements.

Las Americas v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Challenging Biden’s June 2024 Asylum Ban

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This lawsuit challenges the Biden administration’s June 5, 2024, asylum ban and related changes to the “expedited removal” process that will wrongfully return many people back to persecution and severe violence. The ban and changes immediately followed a presidential proclamation purporting to declare an “emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border.

O.A. v. Trump

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O.A. v. Trump, which NIJC is currently litigating in collaboration with Human Rights First (HRF) and Williams & Connolly LLP in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, challenges the Trump administration’s November 2018 ban on access to asylum for anyone who enters the United States without being inspected at a port of entry.

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