Justice Action Center

The H-1B visa program was created by Congress and has been used for decades to provide a critical path for the Unites States to attract highly skilled professionals from around the world who fill urgent needs in public services and strengthen innovation. Under the program, U.S. employers can hire qualified foreign talent — such as doctors, nurses, engineers, teachers, and researchers — after a rigorous review process. On September 19th, President Trump announced his latest power grab: a sweeping executive action that slaps an unlawful new $100,000 price tag on every new H-1B application. This corrupt and unlawful move is an attempt to consolidate power and exclude people based on wealth. All at the expense of everyday Americans who will be impacted most by shortages caused by the ban. Swipe through for a roundup of the latest JAC news hits from @newyorktimes @apnews Forbes ➡️➡️➡️ ㅤ 🗞️ Keep reading these articles at https://lnkd.in/etpHXeFM ㅤ 🚨 Learn more about Global Nurse Force v. Noem at https://lnkd.in/e-BPPeZS ㅤ 👐 Join JAC's fight against this latest ban: https://lnkd.in/gfgKTu86

Anti-immigrant executive actions from the Trump administration harm us all. Without relief, hospitals will lose medical staff, churches will lose pastors, classrooms will lose teachers, and industries across the country risk losing key innovators. Our lawsuit asks the court to immediately block Trump's executive order that adds an unlawful $100,000 fee to every new H1B visa application. We're fighting to restore predictability and stability for employers and workers. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/egXUSNG3

📣NEW: A coalition of labor unions, health care providers, schools AND religious organizations filed a lawsuit today to stop President Trump’s latest anti-immigration power grab: a sweeping executive action that puts an unlawful new $100,000 fee on every new H-1B visa application. The plaintiffs represent medical residents, fellows, interns, and nurses serving rural and medically underserved communities, a school that relies on H-1B workers to serve their students, religious organizations that depend on the H-1B program to hire pastors and religious professionals that minister to underserved communities, major labor unions representing faculty and academic professionals and higher education members, and individual highly skilled workers whose careers and lives were upended overnight. Trump’s executive order will not just hurt H1B Visa holders but Americans all over, especially in rural communities. The plaintiffs are represented by Democracy Forward, Justice Action Center, South Asian American Justice Collaborative (SAAJCO), Kuck Baxter LLC, Joseph & Hall, P.C., and IMMpact Litigation. More on this lawsuit: https://lnkd.in/ePWpCJQB

📣Story spotlight: Amalia (pseudonym) and her 13-year-old daughter came to the United States through CHNV humanitarian parole in 2023. For Amalia, she was returning to where she earned her MBA 20 years earlier, though this time, she came seeking safety for herself and her daughter. Through humanitarian parole, Amalia secured a job at a university organizing summer events, and her daughter has been excelling in school. The Trump administration’s attacks on humanitarian parole threaten their newfound stability. She’s now had to tell her daughter, “You should talk to your friends. It's a very, very, very high possibility that we are leaving.” While she is unsure if they will be able to remain in the U.S., returning to Venezuela is not an option. There is no life for them to return to there, because Amalia had to sell both her house and her car to afford their journey to the U.S. Our team is fighting for relief for humanitarian parole beneficiaries like Amalia and her daughter, who are now living in limbo. To learn more about our humanitarian parole class action, please visit https://lnkd.in/gDtkpehe.

Humanitarian parole is under threat, despite being a cornerstone of the U.S. immigration system used by administrations of both political parties for the last 73 years. @justiceactioncenter and Human Rights First are suing the federal government to protect humanitarian parole and allow beneficiaries to remain in the country for the duration of their parole. Though we got a negative ruling last Friday, we’ll keep fighting for this transformative program and the lives touched by it. NOTE: the issue around USCIS processing pending applications for parole beneficiaries continues. We will update class members with more information as soon as we have it. Swipe through to hear from Sandra McAnany—a CHNV sponsor and plaintiff in our lawsuit—about how humanitarian parole has changed her life for the better via Upworthy.

📣🎉Good news! The DC Court of Appeals just denied the government’s request to pause the district court’s order to protect those paroled into the United States from a form of fast tracked deportation known as expedited removal. This ruling leaves in place the district court’s order, issued on August 1, which found that the government’s practice of targeting people who entered via humanitarian parole for expedited removal was unlawful. This administration has tried to use these policies to cruelly and illegally shuttle people out of the country but we will remain vigilant and continue to fight for our communities to be treated with dignity and due process. 🔗More info at https://lnkd.in/emX9rGAx

Kids deserve to feel safe at school. 🎒 But the Trump administration has eliminated the 30+ year old protections that previously barred ICE from safe spaces where people gather to learn, heal, and worship. That’s why National Education Association and AFT—representing a total of nearly 5 million educators and staff—as well as impacted members of an Oregon preschool community, have joined the federal lawsuit, PCUN v. Noem. Initially filed in April by community organizations and houses of worship across the country, PCUN v. Noem’s newest plaintiffs demonstrate the devastating impact that violent ICE activity is inflicting upon school communities, including on classmates, parents, and educators. 🔗Keep reading: https://lnkd.in/emX9rGAx

“Estamos muy orgullosos de están al lado de tantas personas valientes ... Sus [Trump] acciones de cortar las vies legales de inmigración (1:00) forma parte de una campana masiva de deslegalización de la cual tiene el objectivo de hacer deportable tantas personas posibles.”- Nuestro abogado en Univision hablando sobre #parole y la lucha para proteger nuestras comunidades.

GREAT NEWS! 🥳 🎉 A federal district court today issued a stay order in CHIRLA v. Noem, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of expedited removal against those who entered the United States with parole. The plaintiffs, membership-based organizations CHIRLA, CASA, and the UndocuBlack Network, argued that the Trump administration was violating the law by subjecting parolees to expedited removal, a fast-tracked deportation process that prevents people from having a fair chance at defending themselves. JAC is representing the plaintiffs. 🔗 The court order and reactions from plaintiff and counsel organizations are available here: https://lnkd.in/gbmfc_fw

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