Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children
Source: AP
Updated 4:57 PM EDT, July 17, 2025
Attorneys representing migrant children who were abused, neglected or abandoned by a parent asked a federal court on Thursday to restore their deportation protections after the Trump administration ended them.
The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of New York, was filed on behalf of nine young people and their legal advocates who want a judge to keep the protections for up to nearly 150,000 beneficiaries.
“These young people have survived abuse, abandonment, and neglect only to be retraumatized now by the constant threat of detention and deportation from the same agencies that vowed to keep them safe,” said Rachel Davidson, plaintiff attorney with the National Immigration Project.
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services were both named in the lawsuit. USCIS Spokesman Matthew J. Tragesser said, “As a matter of practice, USCIS does not comment on pending litigation.” DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-children-deportation-uscis-sijs-f5ccd67c27dd3427d34660a2518976c4
Link to PRESS RELEASE - Immigrant Youth and Legal Services Providers File Class Action Challenging Government’s Unlawful Termination of Deferred Action for Immigrant Children and Youth
Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://nipnlg.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/complaint-acr_noem.pdf
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