Al Otro Lado is an organizational plaintiff in several class action challenges to policies meant to restrict access to the US asylum system, including: Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a class-action lawsuit challenging CBP’s unlawful practice of denying asylum seekers access to the U.S. asylum system; East Bay v. Trump and East Bay v. Barr, challenging the asylum bans applied to refugees traveling through third countries to reach the US and those who cross the US border between ports of entry; Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf, challenging the “Remain in Mexico” program, and E.A.R.R. v. DHS, a class action filed on behalf of disabled and medically vulnerable migrants forced to wait in Mexico for US asylum hearings. Al Otro Lado is also an organizational plaintiff in Fraihat v. ICE, which challenges ICE’s failure to provide adequate accommodations and medical care to disabled and medically vulnerable immigrants detained in ICE facilities.

Al Otro Lado also serves as counsel in Padre v. MVM, the damages class action seeking restitution for all families separated during the first Trump administration. 

Al Otro Lados' FOIA litigation project focuses on uncovering wrongful deaths in detention immigration and forcing the revelation of secret DHS policies. Its FOIA litigation partners include various immigration nonprofits, private law firms, and universities around the country. 

In addition, Al Otro Lado has represented dozens of detained immigrants in habeas petitions throughout Southern California and in the Southeast US. Al Otro Lado has also filed dozens of civil rights / civil liberties complaints in individual cases before the Office of Inspector General, and in collaboration with advocacy partners. It works with the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition to preserve policies limiting local law enforcement cooperation with ICE in Cacho v. Gusman. It has also obtained compensation for victims of immigration detention abuse in cases such as Fuanya v. United States and Missick v. Corecivic.