Month: September 2021

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued a new memorandum prohibiting ICE officers from enforcing most immigration laws, functionally abolishing ICE’s mission through executive action. This is the latest in a series of anti-ICE, anti-enforcement memoranda issued by the Biden Administration, which have been the subject of ongoing litigation from a […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Last night, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted AFL’s motion to intervene in United States v. Texas.  Last week, America First Legal was proud to move to intervene in the case after President Biden’s Department of Justice filed a politically motivated lawsuit against the State of Texas, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, American First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) related to the influx of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAE) being released into the country. The FOIA seeks information regarding any communication […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal Vice-President and General Counsel, Gene Hamilton, responded to the Biden Department of Homeland Security’s proposed rule to “preserve and fortify” the unconstitutional and illegal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. During a record-setting surge of illegal alien minors crossing our southern border, the Biden Administration is making […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal sued President Biden on behalf of former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and former Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought over the Biden Administration’s unprecedented decision to oust them from their duly-appointed positions on the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy.  As outlined […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal moved to intervene in United States v. Texas on behalf of citizens of Texas who want to preserve their right to protect innocent life under the Texas Heartbeat Act.  Roughly two weeks ago — and despite repeated statements from Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden Administration about […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the State of Missouri filed an amicus brief in a case where Texas, with AFL serving as outside counsel, has challenged the Biden Administration’s unlawful policy of the release of potentially COVID-positive illegal immigrants into the United States. The State of Missouri has previously and separately joined Texas in successfully challenging […]

WASHINGTON, DC — America First Legal is calling out President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for what it really is: executive overreach of the highest order. Former White House Chief of Staff and AFL Board Members Mark Meadows issued the following statement tonight to Biden’s vaccine mandate: “Joe Biden started the year claiming he wouldn’t mandate […]

AFL Is Part of the Legal Team Defending the Heartbeat Act WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal came out swinging against Attorney General Merrick Garland for filing a lawsuit against the state of Texas over its flagship, life-saving heartbeat bill, which took effect last week.  Statement from America First Legal President Stephen Miller:  “This […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, America First Legal (AFL) took another stand for the Second Amendment by submitting written comments against the Biden Administration’s latest radical attempts to undermine the rule of law and take away guns from law-abiding Americans.This comes just weeks after AFL opposed the Biden Administration’s sweeping “Frame or Receiver” rule.  In a […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, the State of Texas and America First Legal filed a renewed motion for preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration to stop its continued mass release of illegal aliens into the United States during the heart of a covid surge.  Texas has sued to stop the Biden Administration from admitting potentially […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice failed to appeal a judge’s preliminary order blocking, on a class-wide basis, the Administration’s racially discriminatory loan-forgiveness program that provides forgiveness of loans up to 120% for farmers and ranchers based solely on the color of their skin. DOJ will typically appeal cases where […]

AFL Applauds the Supreme Court of the United States’ Decision to Deny Emergency Relief to Abortion Providers–But The Fight Continues WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States denied emergency relief to a group of abortion providers who had sued a number of individuals and state officials […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain critical information related to the Biden Administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, including information about the safety and security vetting and screening of evacuees from Kabul. AFL filed these FOIA requests with the Department of State, the Department of Defense, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – America First Legal (AFL)—serving as co-counsel for Mark Lee Dickson, one of the named defendants in Whole Woman’s Health, et al., v. Judge Austin Reeve Jackson, et al.—proudly joined a brief filed in the United States Supreme Court to protect the Texas Heartbeat Act, which takes effect tomorrow: September 1, 2021. Our […]