Press Releases

America First Legal Files Fifth Circuit Brief In Landmark Texas Heartbeat Case, Continues Defense of Unborn As Part of Heartbeat Act Defense Team
WASHINGTON, DC — Last night, in its role as part of the Texas Heartbeat Act defense team, America First Legal filed a brief in the […]

AFL Demands Answers About Potential Conflict Of Interest Between AG Garland And Son-in-Law’s Company
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice seeking records bearing on […]

AFL Requests DOJ OIG Investigation Into AG Garland’s Memorandum of October 4, 2021 Targeting Concerned Parents
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, America First Legal requested that the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigate the circumstances surrounding Attorney General […]

America First Legal FOIAs DOJ for Siccing the FBI on America’s Parents
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records from the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the […]

AFL Hits Back Against The Outright Politicization Of The Biden DOJ Against Concerned Parents
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal Vice-President Gene Hamilton came out swinging against the Biden Administration for weaponizing the Department of Justice, with the […]

AFL Demands Accountability: FOIAs General Milley, DOD Over Botched Evacuation from Afghanistan, Unauthorized Communications with the CCP
WASHINGTON, DC – Following sworn testimony before Congress from General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, American First Legal (AFL) filed a […]

DHS Issues Another Abolish ICE Memorandum, AFL vows to fight back
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 […]

America First Legal Continues Fight for the Unborn–Court Grants AFL’s Motion to Intervene in United States v. Texas
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. […]

America First Legal FOIAs HHS, ICE Over Reckless Release of Unaccompanied Alien Children into the Hands of Human Traffickers and Smugglers
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, American First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking documents from the Department of Health and Human […]

AFL Condemns Biden Effort To Fortify Illegal DACA Program During A Record Surge Of illegal Minors
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 […]

AFL Hits Back — Files Lawsuit Against Biden Administration For Illegal Removal Of Spicer, Vought From The Board Of Visitors Of The U.S. Naval Academy
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal sued President Biden on behalf of former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and former Office of Management […]

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FIGHTS BACK AGAINST BIDEN DOJ, INTERVENES ON BEHALF OF PRO-LIFE TEXANS IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON TEXAS HEARTBEAT BILL
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal moved to intervene in United States v. Texas on behalf of citizens of Texas who want to preserve […]

STATE OF MISSOURI JOINS THE BORDER FIGHT, ISSUES AMICUS BRIEF IN AFL BACKED LAWSUIT FILED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AGAINST BIDEN’S UNLAWFUL COVID CATCH-AND-RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the State of Missouri filed an amicus brief in a case where Texas, with AFL serving as outside counsel, has challenged […]

AFL Denounces Biden’s Unlawful Covid Mandates
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. […]

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL, CO-COUNSEL DEFENDING HEARTBEAT ACT, SLAMS POLITICIZED DOJ FOR SUING TEXAS OVER THE PRO-LIFE LAW
AFL Is Part of the Legal Team Defending the Heartbeat Act WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal came out swinging against Attorney General Merrick […]

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL STANDS UP (AGAIN) FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN FORMAL COMMENT OPPOSING THE ATF’S PROPOSED GUN-GRAB
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 […]

State of Texas and America First Legal File New Motion To Stop Biden’s ‘Catch-And-Release’ Of Potentially COVID-Positive Illegal Immigrants Into The United States
WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, the State of Texas and America First Legal filed a renewed motion for preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration to […]

Big Problems for a Signature Program in Biden’s “Equity” Agenda—DOJ Refuses to Appeal Preliminary Injunction in AFL Case Involving Racial Discrimination Against Farmers and Ranchers
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 […]

AFL Serves As Co-Counsel In Historic SCOTUS Pro-Life Victory On Texas Heartbeat Act
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, […]

AFL Demands Answers, Investigation Into The Biden Administration’s Disastrous Withdrawal From Afghanistan
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 […]

AFL Defends Texas Heartbeat Bill in the Supreme Court of the United States
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. […]

Standing Up for Life, AFL Files Amicus Brief in Texas Supreme Court Case Involving the City of Austin’s Provision of Taxpayer Funds to Organizations That Aid and Abet Abortions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, America First Legal (AFL) filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court in a case involving the City of […]

AFL Sues To Block Radical Biden Edict Forcing Doctors To Provide Unethical Transgender Treatments, Erasing Biological Sex From Medicine
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, America First Legal sued the Biden Administration on behalf of a class of doctors, seeking to prohibit the Department of […]

AFL Sues State Department For Records Explaining Why President Biden Halted The Independent Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – Biden Officials’ Close Commercial Ties With The CCP Raise Red Flags
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department seeking an order requiring the Biden Administration to turn […]