Resources

Analyses & Advisories

CHRCL has prepared the materials and training manuals below to train advocates, community stakeholders, and legal services providers about the complex and ever-evolving landscape of law and policy impacting the communities they represent or serve.

Trauma Informed Legal Advocacy, December 2024

The resource provides background and collects research on how trauma impacts memory, how to help clients tell and organize their story, and useful caselaw in immigration cases, criminal legal defense, and seeking benefits on considering trauma in credibility and other determinations.

Seeking Asylum with Disability Based PSG, November 2024

This Advisory takes practitioners through strategies for establishing a PSG based on disability and winning asylum for individuals whose disability makes it dangerous for them to live in their home country.

Public Comment on Asylum Ban Final Rule, November 2024

On November 4, 2024, CHRCL, along with Flores co counsel, submitted a comment describing the horrific impact the IFR banning asylum at the border has had on children and families - an impact that the Final Rule extends.

Resources: Temporary Protected Status, April 2024

These resources examine Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Country Designation.

Seeking Asylum for Victims of Gang Persecution Using Family Relationship Particular Social Group, April 2024

The practice advisory provides guidance on seeking asylum for victims of gang persecution, emphasizing the identification of family relationship as a particular social group and outlining the legal process.

Legal Ethics and Public Interest, March 2024

This practice advisory discusses applying the model rules of professional conduct to the changing landscape of community-led lawyering.

Resources: Rights of Youth in DHS Custody, March 2024

This resources provides an overview of the rights of noncitizen children detained in DHS facilities.

Resources: International Law and Immigration Detention, February 2024

These resources examine the U.S. immigration detention system under international law.

Rights of Trans Children in Schools Practice Advisory, January 2024

This practice advisory is intended to provide resources and information about how to advocate for and protect trans youth.

Asylum and Protection from Removal for Haitian Immigrants, January 2023

This practice advisory is intended to provide resources to anyone who is or who is representing a Haitian person seeking asylum, withholding of removal, Temporary Protected Status, or relief under the Convention Against Torture.

Asylum and Protection from Removal for Haitian Immigrants, January 2023

This is an extensive list of resources meant to provide support for those dealing with youth in DHS custody.

2023 CHALLENGES TO POLICY PRACTICE ADVISORY - Asylum and Protection from Removal for Haitian

This practice advisory is intended to provide context about the history of anti-Black racism in the U.S. immigration system, current treatment of Haitian immigrants and asylum seekers in the U.S., and challenges to immigration law and policy affecting Haitian immigrants.

Asylum Based on Membership in a Particular Social Group & "Victims of Private Criminal Activity," August 2022

This Practice Advisory outlines the process for applying for asylum based on membership in a particular social group. It also evaluates the impact of Attorney General Garland’s June 2021 memo vacating Matter of L-E-A- and Matter of A-B.

Recent Developments Affecting Special Immigrant Juveniles, July 2022

This Practice Advisory outlines recent developments affecting Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status petitioners, including the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law’s recent lawsuit (Casa Libre Freedom House v. Mayorkas), USCIS’s March 7, 2022, new SIJ work permit policy, and USCIS’s March 8, 2022, regulation dealing with, amongst other SIJ matters, the requirement to adjudicate all SIJ petitions within 6 months of filing.

The Title 42 Policy: Where it Stands Now, June 2022

This Practice Advisory outlines the history of the Title 42 Policy, the use of the Title 42 Policy under both the Trump and Biden Administrations, and the current legal challenges taking place around the country related to the Title 42 Policy.

The Migrant Protections Protocols: Do Migrants Still Have to Remain in Mexico, June 2022

This Practice Advisory outlines the history and implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – colloquially known as “Remain in Mexico”- and the Biden v. Texas case which challenges the termination of the MPP Program.

Constitutional Law for Public Interest Lawyers, June 2022

This Practice Advisory provides a detailed overview of motion to suppress principles in removal proceedings. It explains controlling Supreme Court precedent and Ninth Circuit case law challenging Fourth Amendment and regulatory violations to advance successful exclusionary rule arguments.

Motion to Suppress Principles in the Immigration Context, April 2022

Inside ICWC v. Noem: Questions & Answers, December 2025

On November 20, 2025, CHRCL hosted a training on the ICWC v. Noem litigation. This Questions & Answers documents aims to provide answers to some of the questions asked by attendees of that training.

Litigation Explainer: ICWC v. Noem, December 2025

The class action lawsuit, Immigration Center for Women and Children et. al. v. Noem et.

al. (ICWC v. Noem), challenges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") policy guidance issued in early 2025, which has allowed, for the first time in decades, the arrest, detention, and deportation of immigrant survivors as a routine matter.

Engaging with the United Nations to Report Disappearances of Immigrants, June 2025

This brief guide explains how legal practitioners and advocates can report the disappearances of immigrants to the United Nation's Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.

Explainer: The Trump Administration's Expulsion of Immigrants to "Bridge Countries", April 2025

This Explainer attempts to provide a brief overview of what is currently known about the Administration’s practice of expelling immigrants to third-countries known as “bridge countries.”

Explainer: The Trump Administration's Expulsion of Immigrants Under the Alien Enemies Act, April 2025

This Explainer attempts to provide a brief overview of what is currently known about the Administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel immigrants labeled as “alien enemies.”

Fourth Amendment Toolkit for Organizations, March 2025

The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law created a 4th Amendment Rights toolkit to help immigrant advocacy organizations prepare for and protect themselves from potential immigration enforcement actions under the Trump administration’s intensified deportation efforts.

Backgrounder: The Immigration Registry, January 2025

CHRCL advocates for updating the outdated immigration Registry, a historic pathway to legalization for long-term undocumented residents, ensuring it continues to recognize their deep ties and contributions to American communities.

Fanfan v. Noem Template Habeas Petitions, March 2026

These templates are designed to be used to seek habeas relief for putative Fanfan class members while we await class-wide relief and as long as any class members remain detained in ICE custody. In addition to putative Fanfan class members, others who were subject to re-detention who are not subject to a final order may also benefit from these templates, with appropriate adjustments for the context in which they were re-detained.

Litigation Explainer: Fanfan v. Noem, March 2026

The class action lawsuit, Fanfan v. Noem, challenges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ("ICE") unlawful practice in the Southern District of California (San Diego & Imperial counties) of arresting and re-detaining at ICE check-ins and appointments noncitizens with ongoing immigration proceedings, whom the federal government had previously released.

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