Court Battles

Hotze v. Hollins

The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Texas moved to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate nearly 127,000 early votes cast via drive-thru voting in Harris County.

November 2, 2020

Texas Civil Rights Project (for Unnamed Children) v. Wolf

A federal lawsuit to stop the deportation of children detained in hotel rooms by the Trump administration under an emergency declaration citing the coronavirus as reason to do so.

July 24, 2020

New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump

A federal lawsuit on behalf of immigrants’ rights groups challenging President Trump’s order seeking to block people who are undocumented from being counted in the U.S. census.

July 24, 2020

Manzo-Hernandez et al v. Juarez

A class-action challenge against the federal government over the illegal detention of material witnesses at the La Salle County Regional Detention Center in Encinal, Texas near Laredo.

June 16, 2020

G.Y.J.P. (a minor child) v. Wolf

A complaint is on behalf of G.Y.J.P., a 13-year-old girl from El Salvador, who attempted to seek asylum in the U.S. but was quickly deported without due process.

June 10, 2020

A class action lawsuit against Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown asking that the Dallas County Jail follow the social distancing guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 21, 2020