Texas v. Biden: Defending the Central American Minors program

Our clients are intervening in this case brought by Texas and other states so that they can defend the Central American Minors (CAM) program, which allows parents and guardians lawfully present in the United States to apply for refugee resettlement or humanitarian parole for their children and certain other family members who face danger in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Our clients

Our clients are six Central American parents in the United States hoping to reunite with their children through the CAM program. 

Our clients are intervening in this case to make sure that the CAM program will continue to exist so that they and other families like them can reunite safely in the United States. Being intervenors means that our clients are allowed to make arguments and present evidence in defense of the CAM Program, just as the federal government defendants are allowed to do.

Impact

If our clients succeed in defending the CAM program against the states’ challenge, the program will remain open to allow family reunification for children and their caretakers in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Case status

The Defendant-Intervenors, represented by IRAP, and the federal government have moved to dismiss the states’ challenge. The parties are providing information to the Court and expect a decision in the coming months.

• March 14, 2022: Amended complaint is filed.
• March 22, 2022: Motion to intervene is filed.
• May 26, 2022: The court grants the motion to intervene.
• August 23, 2023: Plaintiff states filed a supplemental complaint challenging the April 11, 2023 Enhancements of the CAM Program.
• August 31, 2023: Motion to intervene on behalf of four additional intervenors is filed, along with declarations in support of the motion.
• September 6, 2023: The court grants our motion to intervene.
• October 16, 2023: Defendant-intervenors file a motion to dismiss the states’ case. (Press release here.) The federal government also files its own motion to dismiss.
• November 20, 2023: Defendant-intervenors file a brief supporting their motion to dismiss. The federal government also files its own reply in support of its motion to dismiss.

Haynes & Boone, LLP are our local counsel in this case.