U.S. District Judge John C. Hinderaker, a key figure in this legal drama, had previously ruled in 2022 that families could not pursue legal action against former Trump administration officials. However, a glimmer of hope emerged as he greenlit proceedings against the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Legal Luminaries at the Helm
The immigrants, navigating this tumult with resilience, are skillfully represented by a legal dream team. Lee Gelernt, Anand Balakrishnan, Daniel Galindo, Stephen Kang, and Spencer Amdur of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants’ Rights Project, alongside Christine Keeyeh Wee of the ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Alexander A. Reinert, and Geoffrey Chepiga, Jacqueline Rubin, Hallie Goldblatt, and Steven Herzog of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.
On the other side of the legal battlefield, the government is fortified by the expertise of Brian M. Boynton, James G. Touhey Jr., and Philip D. MacWilliams of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division.
