{"id":4882,"date":"2025-02-14T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T22:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/?page_id=4882"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:36:35","slug":"mennonite-church-usa-v-u-s-department-of-homeland-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/our-work\/defending-immigrants-and-sanctuary-cities\/mennonite-church-usa-v-u-s-department-of-homeland-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Filings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">12\/23\/25 \u2013 Filed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/01\/Mennonite-Church-USA-v.-DHS-Reply-Brief-Corrected-Filing-12.23.25.pdf\">reply brief<\/a>\u00a0in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">9\/22\/25 \u2013 Filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/01\/Mennonite-Church-USA-v.-DHS-Opening-Brief-for-Filing.pdf\">opening brief<\/a>\u00a0in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>3\/24\/25 \u2013 Filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/03\/Mennonite-Church-USA-v.-DHS-Reply-In-Support-of-Preliminary-Injunction-File-Stamped.pdf\">reply brief<\/a> in support of the previously filed preliminary injunction<\/li>\n<li>2\/24\/25 \u2013 Filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/Mennonite-Church-USA-Memo-in-Support-of-Preliminary-Injunction.pdf\">motion<\/a> for preliminary injunction to enjoin DHS from immigration enforcement activity in or near Plaintiffs&#8217; 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