NILA in Action

The National Immigration Habeas Institute (NIHI), a collaboration between the National Immigration Litigation Alliance and Cardozo Law School, is hosting an intensive, in-person habeas training at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Colorado, on September 28-29. This is a 2-day training includes lectures, mock argument, and interactive small group discussions, and will focus on […]

 The webinar will address how to challenge ever-growing, unreasonable USCIS delays. We will cover the elements of a delay claim under both the Administrative Procedure Act and the Mandamus Act, the factors that courts routinely look at when evaluating whether the agency’s delay is unreasonable, basic pleading requirements, and things to consider before filing a

 A December 19, 2025, whistleblower disclosure entitled “Protected Whistleblower Disclosure Regarding USCIS Violations of the Freedom of Information Act, Regulations, and Nightingale Court Order” contains an alarming description of USCIS’ efforts to “fake” compliance with a nationwide permanent injunction governing the release of immigration case files under the Freedom of Information Act. As class counsel,

 On December 1, 2025, a district court granted summary judgment in favor of a nationwide class of initial applicants for Temporary Protected Status, finding that USCIS’ failure to timely adjudicate their accompanying applications for employment authorization violated the law. The case, Mansor v. USCIS, was litigated by NILA, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Kurzban, Kurzban,

 NILA has issued two new sets of resources for attorneys. The advisory Litigating Injunctions in Federal Court seeks to provide a general overview of three types of injunctions (temporary restraining orders (TRO), preliminary injunctions (PI), and permanent injunctions), as well as an overview of motions to stay/enjoin the operation of an injunction pending appeal to

 NILA submitted comments in response to the Sixth Circuit’s local rule change requiring parties to provide the court with notice where the respondent has scheduled the deportation of an individual who has filed a motion to stay of removal, to allow the Court to “decide whether, and to what degree, to expedite briefing and submission

 This webinar will address substantive and procedural motions filed with the immigration courts and Board of Immigration Appeals. The panel will provide an overview of: motions to reopen and reconsider; motions to remand; motions to stay removal; and motions to rescind in absentia removal orders. Additionally, we will discuss the differences between statutory and regulatory

On August 27, 2025, NILA and the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project prevailed in an appeal before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving a Cuban man who was deported to Mexico after winning withholding of removal from Cuba. The issue on appeal was whether the district court erred by finding

 On August 20, 2025, NILA will host a webinar addressing how to file, appeal, and litigate immigration-related requests for records filed with the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The panel will address FOIA requests for immigration case files (A-Files) filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

 This webinar will provide an overview of the Supreme Court’s June 26, 2025 decision in Riley v. Bondi, which holds that (1) Board of Immigration Appeals decisions in withholding only proceedings do not constitute final orders of removal for purposes of judicial review and (2) the 30-day deadline for filing a petition for review at