Since assuming office in January 2025, the Trump administration has faced a surge of legal challenges over high-profile executive orders targeting birthright citizenship, diversity programs, and federal employee protections. A central component of this litigation is a lawsuit filed in a Washington, D.C. federal court by the ACLU and RAICES, which contests a new asylum crackdown at the southern border. RAICES, alongside other immigrant support groups, argues that the administration's policy of turning away asylum seekers without a hearing is an unlawful power grab that violates established immigration law. As the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and other agencies face scrutiny, RAICES remains a primary litigant in the fight to preserve humanitarian protections and due process against unilateral presidential orders that critics claim bypass constitutional and statutory safeguards.
