For the past year, federal courts have been flooded with habeas petitions challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s policy of subjecting hundreds of thousands of people to mandatory detention. Most courts have rejected the government’s arguments, but ICE has not stopped indiscriminately detaining people. ALLC Of Counsel Anna Dichter explains what has changed, and how we are getting people released.

On the latest Just Security Podcast, host Dani Schulkin is joined by Stephen Vladeck and Jess Dawgert to discuss the first-ever case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.

ALLC Partners Jess Dawgert and Sarah Vuong are working with Sail Immigration to provide in-depth instruction on how to effectively litigate a petition for review.

The Alien Terrorist Removal Court is a thirty-year old court that has never been used, until now. Jess Dawgert discusses the ATRC, why DOJ might use it now, and how it may end up highlighting the problems with our current immigration system and modeling what an independent immigration court could look like.

ALLC announces collaboration with Whitaker & Warburton, a leading employment-based immigration law firm. As former DOJ litigators, Sarah and Jess are looking forward to working with Melissa and Kristin, former USCIS counsel.

ALLC welcomes Of Counsel Anna L. Dichter to the team

In late 2025, USCIS placed all applications and petitions for people from 39 countries on hold, refusing to issue decisions in them as a policy matter. We are closely tracking these developments and supporting our impacted clients.