Trump's new public charge rule must be stopped. We're asking a federal court to do just that. On Tuesday, we filed a motion in federal court to halt the Trump administration’s proposed public charge rule and prevent the rule from taking effect next month. Attorneys say the rule relies on vague and discriminatory criteria to prevent immigrants from obtaining lawful permanent residence (green card status) and would transform the family-based legal immigration system into one that grants permanent status only to the most well off. The filing was made on behalf of five community and legal...
The Trump administration is separating Yemeni-American families. We're suing to reunite them. On Thursday, we filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully revoking approved visas...
We're suing to keep immigrant families together On Tuesday, community organizations filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s cruel, racist, and patently unlawful Public Charge Rule . Make...
Breaking: Trial date pending in Al Shimari case On Friday, in our long running case on behalf of three Iraqi Abu Ghraib torture survivors, Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI Premier Technology , the Fourth...
Cruel, racist, and patently unlawful: Trumps new Public Charge Rule On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced its long-awaited Public Charge Rule, confirming what we already know: the...
Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club Five Fordham University students, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, have won a landmark legal victory...
We continue our fight to protect asylum rights In a decision late Monday , a federal district court rejected the Trump administration's second attempt to dismiss our lawsuit, Al Otro Lado v. Nielsen...
Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a discussion at Simpson Thacher’s 6th Annual Citywide Diversity Reception with activist and Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox . Cox, who gained...
Victory! Federal judge blocks Trump's new asylum rules On Wednesday, representing a number of grassroots immigration service providers, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the ACLU, and the SPLC...
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a global campaign combating Israeli human rights abuses and violations of...
UPDATE: We're taking on Trump's newest asylum restrictions Last week, the Center for Constitutional Rights, in collaboration with the American Civil Liberties Union, and Southern Poverty Law Center,...
Join us in D.C. Superior Court and support academics in the BDS movement On Wednesday July 17, join the Center for Constitutional Rights and other defense counsel as we argue in support of the...
All fines dropped for Ramapough Lenape Nation in NJ On June 28, the Ramapough Lenape Nation and the Township of Mahwah reached a settlement in all their pending lawsuits. The settlement with Mahwah...
Inspector General report slams NYPD for continued biased policing six years after stop-and-frisk trial On Wednesday, the Office of the Inspector General for the New York City Police Department...
Reflecting on the Stonewall uprising and 50 years of struggle On the 15th episode of The Activist Files, Staff Attorney Chinyere Ezie and Dean Spade , author , activist, and law professor at Seattle...
NY Must End #WalkingWhileTrans Ban On Wednesday, the Center for Constitutional Rights, along with 34 co-signers, wrote to New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker of...
We're urging the UN to investigate U.S. interference in ICC operations On Thursday, we filed a complaint with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers over U.S...
We're helping movements challenge oppressive systems with FOIA requests On Wednesday, the Center for Constitutional Rights launched the Open Records Project : FOIA for the Movement , providing...
We're suing to block Louisian's anti-protest law On Wednesday, landowners, community members, environmental justice advocates, and a journalist filed a lawsuit challenging a Louisiana law that makes...
Three Things You Should Know About Airbnb Business decisions play an important role in the protection of human rights. In situations of ongoing and grave human rights violations, businesses that...
We demanded transparency on Puerto Rico's undemocratic federal fiscal control board In January 2017, the Center for Constitutional Rights, along with Latino Justice/PRLDEF and the San Juan-based...
