ICWC v. Noem: A Practical Guide to the Preliminary Relief Order, Toolkit, & Practice Advisory

On May 20, 2026, the court in Immigration Center for Women and Children v. Noem (“ICWC”) issued an order granting class certification and classwide preliminary relief under section 705 of the Administrative Procedure Act, temporarily restoring protections for certain immigrant survivors with pending petitions. The order addressed the 2025 Guidance issued by then-Acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello and two related Trump administration policies resulting in the routine arrest, detention, and removal of immigrants with pending VAWA, U visa, and T visa petitions. The court certified three classes and stayed the 2025 Guidance and policies nationwide as to those classes.

The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law invites you to a free CLE webinar, ICWC v. Noem: A Practical Guide to the Preliminary Relief Order, Toolkit, & Practice Advisory on Wednesday, June 24th, from 12:00-1:00pm PT. Led by Bardis Vakili, Legal Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and class counsel in ICWC, this training will provide case updates and explain the court’s May 2026 preliminary ruling. The webinar will then walk participants through the Practice Advisory and Toolkit templates developed by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, class co-counsel and the organizational plaintiffs in ICWC, with a focus on how practitioners and class members can use those materials to implement the preliminary injunction in their individual cases. 

The webinar will review the following Toolkit materials and provide guidance on how to use each template, including the circumstances in which each may be appropriate:

• ICWC v. Noem Practice Advisory

• Template Requests for Prosecutorial Discretion 

  • Request for petitioners with Deferred Action 

  • Request for petitioners without Deferred Action 

• Template Request for Stay of Removal

• Template ICE Check-In Letters 

  • Letter for petitioners with Deferred Action 

  • Letter for petitioners without Deferred Action

• Template request for release from ICE custody

• Habeas Petition Templates

  • Habeas template for U visa petitioners with Deferred Action

  • Habeas template for T visa petitioners with Deferred Action