On Thursday, the Department of Justice formally asked the Supreme Court to intervene in our lawsuit, International Refugee Assistance Project and HIAS v. Trump. Here's what you need to know.
In a strongly worded decision, the court ruled overwhelmingly in favor of HIAS and the other plaintiffs, opting to keep the injunction issued by the lower court largely in place.
Fourth Circuit Court Rules Against Trump’s Travel Ban May 25, 2017 RICHMOND — Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling against President Trump’s March 6 executive order banning the entry of people from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. The challenge was initiated by HIAS, IRAP, and several […]
“The first executive order was signed on Holocaust Remembrance Day. We take that personally,” HIAS VP Melanie Nezer said from the courthouse steps, just moments after the judges finished hearing arguments on the case. The next major hearing to watch is the challenge in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear oral arguments on May 15.
Government to Appeal HIAS Challenge to Trump’s Muslim Ban Mar 17, 2017 GREENBELT, Md.—The Trump Administration filed paperwork today with the U.S. District Court in Maryland’s Southern Division indicating its intention to appeal the court’s decision, issued Thursday, ordering a preliminary injunction against the executive order. HIAS is a plaintiff in the case, along with IRAP, […]
An emergency hearing was held today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, to hear a request by HIAS and others to block the revised executive order enacting President Trump’s refugee and Muslim ban. That ban is set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. on March 16, unless one of the three courts currently hearing challenges to the ban intervenes to restrain or enjoin the order.
“We are suing to save lives,” said HIAS Managing Attorney Liz Sweet. “If implemented, this revised Executive Order will create the same devastating consequences for tens of thousands of refugees who our government promised safety and freedom in the United States.”
On Wednesday night, HIAS filed an amicus or “friend of the court” brief in this case, in support of the plaintiffs. Our brief highlights some of the individuals who have been impacted by this order, to show the specific ways in which “the Executive Order is causing needless and unjustifiable irreparable harm to vulnerable refugees and their families.”
Legal challenges have suspended many parts of the Muslim ban, but our doors remain closed to some 60,000 vulnerable people seeking safety in this country. That hurts people like Eden, Sunam and Magan who have been separated from loved ones. The family reunions they had long hoped for now seem out of reach. We're challenging that in court.
HIAS Files Preliminary Injunction Challenging Reduction of Refugee Admissions to 50,000 Feb 23, 2017 BALTIMORE—Late last night, HIAS filed a motion asking for a preliminary injunction on President Trump’s reduction of the refugee admissions cap from 110,000 to 50,000 for Fiscal Year 2017. The reduction came as part of the president’s recent executive order on […]
