Month: February 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal President Stephen Miller released the following statement regarding today’s oral arguments on the “public charge” statute at the Supreme Court of the United States:  “America First legal is proud to be working with our state Attorneys General to combat the Biden Administration’s lawless attempts to abandon the defense of […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, America First Legal sued The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in state court to enforce its request for records related to UCLA Law Professor E. Tendayi Achiume, a radical proponent of critical race theory and open border policies, under the California Public Records Act. Professor Achiume, who also serves […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, President Biden’s Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be proposing a new rule that would enable and facilitate the use of taxpayer-funded resources–including SNAP, CHIP and Medicaid benefits–without being considered a “public charge” when applying to receive legal residendency in the United States. This new rule is a dramatic […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, America First Legal (AFL) filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a case involving the Biden Administration’s unlawful and unconstitutional federal employee vaccine mandate. The brief explains that the President does not have the authority–constitutional or otherwise–to declare that vaccination is […]

WASHINGTON, DC—America First Legal has filed petitions against two abortion funds in Texas that have admitted to paying for abortions in violation of the Texas Heartbeat Act.  Last week, AFL served papers on Neesha Davé, the Deputy Director of the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity, and Kamyon Conner, the Executive Director of the Texas Equal […]

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a motion for class certification and a motion for preliminary injunction in our lawsuit on behalf of our client–Cornell Law School Professor William A. Jacobson–against the New York State Department of Health over its racist and unconstitutional directive that instructs health-care providers to ration lifesaving […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last month, America First Legal (AFL) joined as co-counsel in a petition asking the Supreme Court to review the use of race and sex preferences at New York University. And on Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States requested a response from the university’s lawyers.  Federal law prohibits universities that accept […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, America First Legal (AFL) filed for a preliminary injunction in our case representing a long-time federal prosecutor in Wyoming–who has spent her entire career investigating and prosecuting organized crime and drug cases– challenging the Biden Administration’s unlawful vaccine mandate for federal employees. The motion asks for the court to enjoin […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal launched a toolkit today to help parents protect their children from woke indoctrination by enforcing an important federal law ensuring transparency in public school classrooms. The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment guarantees parents access to all of the instructional materials used in public school classrooms, including teacher training manuals […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records regarding an apparent assault by senior Biden White House officials on the independence and integrity of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel. Historically, the Office of Legal Counsel provides candid, independent, and principled legal analysis […]