April 21 Updates

National

• The Supreme Court published an order early on Saturday to halt any deportations of Venezuelan men accused of being gang members through the use of the Alien Enemies Act. According to this article from NBC News, 

  • “The court did not grant or deny an application filed by lawyers for the detainees, but effectively hit pause on the case, which affects people currently held within the jurisdiction of the Northern District of Texas.”

  • U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for failing to comply with his court order that temporarily blocked mass deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.
    

• The fight for the return of Kilmar Albrego Garcia continues.

• Read more about Judge Xinis' order to return him here.

• Read the renouncement of the disregard for judicial power from Reagan appointee Judge Wilkinson here.

• Read more about the Trump administration’s attacks on due process here.
  

• On 4/11/25, we became aware that hundreds of thousands of people who came to the U.S. through types of parole, most often through CBPOne, are now receiving notices that their parole has been terminated and that they have 7 days to leave the country. These notices are also being sent to attorneys and U.S. citizen family members. Over 985,000 people are affected by these notices.  

• From Fred Tsao (ICIRR): We are advising people who received these notices to seek legal counsel with an immigration lawyer or authorized nonprofit organization.  People can get referrals through our Family Support Hotline, 855-435-7693. 

• The National Partnership for New Americans has put together this toolkit regarding parole terminations that I hope you will find helpful.  

• We are also encouraging people who got these notices to complete this form put together by our national allies who are trying to document who is getting these notices.

• You can also access materials for social media that are available in Spanish here.

• ICIRR’s list of organizations providing low/no cost help with immigration matters can be found here.

• Article from Immigration Impact covering the mass emails can be read here.
  

• The ACLU has raised the alarm this week, saying that the Trump administration will be publishing executive orders targeted at Non-Profits that work in immigration and/or environmental protections. 

• They have sent out this EO Preparation and Response Guide for non-profits with helpful links and resources. 

• Please see the current chart of executive orders from the National Council of Nonprofits.
  

• NCoN also has a page of FAQ’s for nonprofit organizations regarding Executive Orders