Litigation tracker

The legal fight for our Afghan allies.

The courts are now one of the last places where the promises made to Afghan wartime allies are still being enforced. These are the cases that decide whether the refugee ban holds, whether visas move, and whether people are detained or removed. Each card links straight to the live court docket.

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How to read this. Summaries are AfghanEvac's, written from the public record and checked against CourtListener. Status reflects the last refresh at the top of the page. Click any card to open the live docket, filings and all.
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Directly about Afghan relocation

Cases specifically about the refugee program, Special Immigrant Visas, and the detention of Afghans.

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Also affecting Afghans

Broader immigration cases whose outcomes reach Afghan families: the 75-country visa pause, TPS, resettlement funding, humanitarian parole, and removals to third countries.

About this tracker

This tracker is maintained by AfghanEvac for the public, for reporters, and for advocates. It summarizes public court records for informational purposes and is not legal advice. Case selection, summaries, and status are AfghanEvac's own, verified against the dockets on CourtListener, a service of the Free Law Project. For the underlying filings, follow the docket link on each case. For the deeper record of rulings and precedent, see The Ledger.