Group Lawsuit(s) regarding PM-602-0192 as applied to pending I-485 Applications
We are offering a litigation opportunity for citizens of 19 countries listed in Presidential Proclamation 10949, Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats (PP 10949) to challenge the “hold” on the processing and adjudication of their Form I-485, Applications to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (I-485 Applications) that was implemented via the December 2, 2025 USCIS Policy Memo, PM-602-0192.
In sum, we believe the blanket withholding of USCIS processing and adjudications of I-485 Applications is unlawful because it is based upon the national origin of the applicants, and because USCIS lacks the legal authority to do such a blanket suspension.
We will be filing multiple group lawsuits in two or more U.S. District Courts, (pursuant to attorney’s decisions on the best legal strategy to accommodate potential issues with venue and joinder).
Important Dates
Deadline to participate: December 26, 2025
Filing date for complaint: January 9, 2026
To participate in this group lawsuit project, a I-485 Primary Applicant must meet the following four requirements:
(1) The applicant be inside the United States;
(2) The applicant must have an I-485 Application pending (with I-797 notice to prove it);
(3) The applicant must be a national of 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; and
(4) The applicant cannot be a plaintiff in any other active unreasonable delay/mandamus lawsuits challenging delays related to an I-485 adjudication.
Cost to Participate
The attorney fee to participate as plaintiffs in the lawsuit will be $3,000 for each I-485 Primary Applicant. This fee includes the cost of participation of all derivative beneficiaries regardless of family size.
The terms for payment are as follows: the initial attorney fee of $1,000 is due in advance of the representation, and the $2,000 balance is deferred until and due on February 1, 2026.
Note: the $2,000 backend payment is only deferred as a courtesy for the unpredicted hardship faced by victims of the December 2, 2025 USCIS Policy Memo, PM-602-0192. Participants who are not comfortable with this contingency are welcome to pre-pay the entire $3,000 attorney fees.
How to participate
Onboarding for this lawsuit is automated. Visit this link to get started:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2025, 11:59 PST
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Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Sierra Leone Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen.
No.
We want the court to enjoin, or cancel, the December 2, 2025 USCIS Policy Memo, PM-602-0192 as it is applied to our participating plaintiffs. We will also ask the court to compel USCIS to make the delayed I-485 Application adjudications.
We will decide after plaintiffs are onboarded, because only then we will know what our options are. As noted above, we tentatively plan to file more than one lawsuit in more than one court.
No. Representation will be limited to court proceedings.
The fee for all families is the same. We only charge for the I-485 Primary Applicant. We do not charge extra for derivative spouses or children.
No. No litigation is ever guaranteed to win.
No. Whether the basis is Asylum, Approved I-140, Approved I-130, or Diversity Visa-2026, you can participate.
We currently do not plan or expect to file a motion for class certification in these lawsuits. This means we will not be seeking relief for non-plaintiffs. Those who choose to sit on the sidelines and not participate in the lawsuits are very unlikely to see relief from them. The only scenario where we may consider converting the group lawsuit to a class action is if the judge suggests that route, or the judge is hesitant to give relief because it is not a class action lawsuit.
FOR QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED ABOVE, CONTACT US:
ENGLISH
Curtis Lee Morrison
Telegram: https://telegram.im/@curtisatlaw
Whatsapp: https://wa.me/17146613446
FARSI:
Farshad: https://wa.me/18595509377
https://telegram.im/@Farshad_Amirkhani
MANDARIN
Chuck – WeChat ID: Xiaoxing_ChuckGuoEsq
SPANISH:
Elsi - Telegram: https://wa.me/14049160065
SOMALI
Abdullahi - Telegram:http://telegram.im/@Abdullahi_Abdi
TAGALOG/CEBUANO
Garrett – Telegram: https://telegram.im/@GarrettMay
GERMAN
Rabea – Telegram: https://telegram.im/@RabeaK
RUSSIAN:
Gulnaz - Telegram: http://telegram.im/Gulnaz_Law
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