CASE PROSPECTUS:

We are offering a class action group lawsuit that is an opportunity for citizens of the 39 countries listed in Presidential Proclamations 10949 and 10998 to challenge the “hold” on the adjudication of USCIS benefits caused by the  December 2, 2025 USCIS Policy Memorandum, PM-602-0192, and January 1, 2026 Policy Memorandum, PM-602-0194.

In sum, we believe the blanket withholding of USCIS adjudications is unlawful because it is based upon the national origin of the applicants or petitioners, and because USCIS lacks the legal authority to do such a blanket suspension, and because the blanket suspension violates the Administrative Procedures Act.

In fact, multiple courts have already issued injunctions enjoining the holds, including: Varniab v Edlow (NDCA), Bowser v. Edlow (Mass.), Doe v. Trump (Mass.), Doe v. USCIS (NDIL), Behdin v Edlow (NDCA), Karimi v. Mullin (WD Arkansas), Abdulraheemzai v Noem (NDCA), and Saghafi v Edlow (Maryland). 

We will be filing this group lawsuit in a U.S. District Court to be determined by your attorneys with the goal of maximizing a successful outcome, mitigating potential issues with venue and joinder, based on factors like where the applications of named plaintiffs are being processed, where the plaintiffs are domiciled, and the latest outcomes related to the 30+ lawsuits already pending challenging the holds.  

A small subset of plaintiffs will be selected as class representatives, and as such, featured in the motion for class certification alongside declarations explaining why they will make appropriate class representatives.

Important Dates

Deadline to participate:  May 14, 2026  

Filing date for complaint:  May 21, 2026  
Filing date for motions for class certification and preliminary injunction: May 28, 2026 

To participate in this group lawsuit project, an applicant must meet the following three requirements:  

(1) The applicant must have a pending benefit application with USCIS (with I-797 receipt notice to prove it);  

(2) The applicant must be a national of a country; or be born in a country, or be petitioned by someone born in a country impacted by President Trump’s June 4, 2025, travel ban called Restricting The Entry Of Foreign Nationals To Protect The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats; or his December 15, 2025, travel ban called Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security Of the United States; and  

(3) The applicant cannot be a plaintiff in any other active unreasonable delay/mandamus lawsuit challenging delays related to the pending benefit that is being included and registered in this lawsuit. In other words, if you have a receipt number listed in another lawsuit, we don’t want that receipt number listed in this lawsuit. 

Cost to Participate 

The attorney fee to participate as a plaintiff in the lawsuit will be $1,400 for each Principal Applicant. This fee includes the cost of participation of all derivative beneficiaries (spouses and children) who also have benefits pending with USCIS, regardless of family size.  

(Note: Do not include spouses or children as plaintiffs who do not have pending benefit applications.) 

The terms for payment are as follows: The attorney fee of $1,400 is due in advance of the representation.