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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
Prisoners sit at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)

In Congress, a Welcome, and Well-Executed, Next Step to Stop Trump’s Transfers to Torture

Six new bills demanding that the executive branch provide basic information about deportations from U.S. shores should pass unanimously.
US President President Donald Trump tours a migrant detention center

Big Budget Act Creates a ‘Deportation Industrial Complex’ That Will be Hard to Dismantle

An assessment of how DHS and ICE will spend new funds and the balance between deportation enforcement and the system's humanitarian goals and proper legal process.
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Collection: Just Security’s Coverage of Trump Administration Executive Actions

Coverage of key developments, including in concise “What Just Happened” expert explainers, legal and policy analysis, and more. Check back frequently for updates.
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Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc.

Analysis of the aftermath of Trump v CASA and the pending litigation about the Trump executive order on birthright citizenship.
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On the Role of State Department Career Attorneys

Ascribing indifference or, at worst, malevolent motives to career attorneys who are unable to refute such claims as they are bound by privilege is truly disappointing.
People embrace near federal agents blocking a road during an ICE immigration raid

Understanding DHS’s and ICE’s New Powers in Comparative Perspective

Highlights of podcast discussion by experts on DHS, DOJ and Congress.
The Just Security Podcast

The Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened, The Budget Bill and the Future of DHS and ICE

Host David Aaron is joined by Steve Cash to discuss institutional constraints on the FBI and law enforcement agencies compared to DHS.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The Legal Fig Leaf: The US-El Salvador Detainee Diplomatic Notes

Declassified U.S.–El Salvador documents expose a shaky legal cover and continued U.S. control over detainees in CECOT, raising questions about complicity in potential abuses.
Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, is sworn in before testifying during his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. A whistleblower alleged that Bove, President Trump's former personal lawyer, told Justice Department staff to defy court orders and continue to carry out Trump’s deportation plans. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Whistleblower Documents Implicate Emil Bove in Criminal Contempt Order by Chief Judge Boasberg

Email released by whistleblower would presumably implicate Bove in the “contumacious conduct” identified by Chief Judge Boasberg.
Demonstrators hold up “Birthright Citizenship” sign outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Hanging “Like a Guillotine”: Trump v. CASA and the Risk of Statelessness

For the first time in modern history, children born on American soil may be rendered stateless. The risk to non-citizen children is real and urgent.
Pathways to "universal” relief after Trump v. CASA (Just Security)

Pathways to “Universal” Relief After Trump v. CASA

CASA’s reasoning left open multiple avenues for litigants seeking to obtain broad relief against unlawful executive actions
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