Arizona v. Garland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION STATE OF ARIZONA, ET AL CIVIL DOCKET NO. 6:22-cv-01130 VERSUS JUDGE DAVID C. JOSEPH MERRICK GARLAND, ET AL MAGISTRATE JUDGE CAROL B. WHITEHURST MEMORANDUM RULING This is a challenge by 19 states to an administrative action of the Executive Branch establishing a new procedure for adjudicating asylum applications under federal immigration law. The new process – set forth in an Interim Final Rule (the “Asylum IFR”) promulgated by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security (“DOJ” and “DHS,” respectively) – changes…