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Demonstrations in D.C.
Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump – Challenging Federal Officers’ Unprovoked Attack on Civil Rights Demonstrators at Lafayette Square in Front of the White House
United States v. Reed - Challenging the Shifting of Certain Prosecutions from D.C. to Federal Court
NORA V. WOLF - CHALLENGING THE POLICY OF DEPORTING IMMIGRANTS TO ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS REGIONS IN THE WORLD TO AWAIT THEIR ASYLUM HEARINGS
U.T. v. Barr (Challenging Government Policy of Sending Asylum-Seekers to Dangerous Countries)
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf - Challenging Denial of Immigrants’ Access to Counsel
I.A. v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration Limitation on Asylum for Migrants Passing Through Another Country en route to the U.S.
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