Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Scott G. Stewart (argued), Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Erez Reuveni , Assistant Director; William C. Peachey , Director; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.
Lee Gelernt (argued), Omar C. Jadwat , and Anand Balakrishnan , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, New York; Katrina Eiland , Cody Wofsy , Spencer Amdur , Julie Veroff , and Morgan Russell , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; Melissa Crow , Southern Poverty Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Baher Azmy , Angelo Guisado , and Ghita Schwarz , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; Vasudha Talla and Angélica Salceda , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc., San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Alan E. Schoenfeld and Tara E. Levens , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, New York; Peter S. Margulies , Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island; Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia , University Park, Pennsylvania; for Amici Curiae Professors of Immigration Law.
Christopher J. Hajec , Director of Litigation, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Washington, D.C.; Lawrence J. Joseph , Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Immigration Reform Law Institute.
Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Michael L. Newman , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Susan Slager , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Marissa Malouff and Erandi Zamora , Deputy Attorneys General; Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles, California; Maura Healey , Attorney General; David C. Kravitz , Deputy Solicitor General; Abigail B. Taylor , Chief, Civil Rights Division; Office of the Attorney General, Boston, Massachusetts; Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Colorado; William Tong , Attorney General, Connecticut; Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, District of Columbia; Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, Delaware; Clare E. Connors , Attorney General, Hawai`i; Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, Illinois; Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Maine; Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, Maryland; Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Michigan; Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Minnesota; Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Nevada; Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, New Jersey; Hector Balderas , Attorney General, New Mexico; Letitia James , Attorney General, New York; Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, North Carolina; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Oregon; Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Pennsylania; Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, Rhode Island; Thomas J. Donovan Jr. , Attorney General, Vermont; Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Virginia; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Washington; for Amici Curiae States of California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai`i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, and the District of Columbia.
Muhammad U. Faridi , Stephanie Teplin , and A. Robert Quirk , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council 119.
Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney; Maria Bee , Erin Bernstein , and Malia McPherson , Attorneys; Office of the City Attorney, Oakland, California; Margaret L. Carter and Daniel R. Suvor , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; Anne L. Morgan , City Attorney, Austin, Texas; Andre M. Davis , City Solicitor, Law Department, Baltimore, Maryland; Eugene L. O'Flaherty , Corporation Counsel, Boston, Massachusetts; Mark A. Flessner , Corporation Counsel, Chicago, Illinois; Leslie J. Girard , Acting County Counsel, County of Monterey, Salinas, California; Marc P. Hansen , County Attorney, County of Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland; Georgia M. Pestana , Acting Corporation Counsel, New York, New York; Lyndsey M. Olson , City Attorney, St. Paul, Minnesota; Zach Klein , City Attorney, Columbus, Ohio; Kimberly M. Foxx , States Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, Illinois; Christopher J. Caso , Interim City Attorney, Dallas, Texas; Angela Wheeler , City Attorney, Flint, Michigan; Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney, San Francisco, California; James R. Williams , County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, California; Erin K. McSherry , City Attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Peter S. Holmes , City Attorney, Seattle, Washington; Eleanor M. Dilkes , City Attorney, Iowa City, Iowa; Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Los Angeles, California; Susan Segal , City Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Francis X. Wright Jr. , City Solicitor, Somerville, Massachusetts; William Fosbre , City Attorney, Tacoma, Washington; Michael Rankin , City Attorney, Tucson, Arizona; for Amici Curiae 24 Counties and Cities.
Blaine Bookey , Anne Peterson , Karen Musalo , and Kate Jastram , Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, U.C. Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Non-Profit Organizations and Law School Clinics.
Alice Farmer , Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Washington, D.C.; Patrick W. Pearsall , Karthik P. Reddy , and Vaishalee V. Yeldandi , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Harold Hongju Koh , Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, New Haven, Connecticut; Phillip Spector , Messing & Spector LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; for Amici Curiae Former National Security Officials.
Scott Shuchart , Kids in Need of Defense, Washington, D.C.; Ilissa S. Samplin and Jennafer Tryck , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Rachel S. Brass , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amicus Curiae Kids in Need of Defense.
Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Miller