The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, National Immigration Law Center and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a legal response on behalf of the International Rescue Committee in order to prevent the State of Texas from illegally barring Syrian refugees from entering the state.
Within hours of filing our legal brief in opposition to Texas' temporary restraining order in the Syrian resettlement case, the state announced it was withdrawing its request for the temporary restraining order. This means that Syrian families who were poised to resettle in Texas will not be illegally blocked from doing so by the state prior to a court hearing on the state's preliminary injunction request to keep those refugees out. On February 8, 2016 a judge denied Texas' motion to block Syrian refugees and found Texas unlikely to win the lawsuit.
