The D.C. Circuit has vacated a district court order staying two DHS actions that directed immigration officers to consider expedited removal for parolees, holding that immigrant-rights organizations lacked standing to seek that relief because a regulation independently authorizing the same expedited removal of parolees remained unchallenged and in full effect.
The Court held that even if the challenged memorandum and email caused an increase in expedited removals, staying only those two documents would not likely reduce the rate of expedited removal given the government's continued reliance on the separate, unchallenged regulation, so the organizations failed to show the redressability required for standing. The Court also held it had appellate jurisdiction over the stay order and that the government itself had standing to appeal despite the practical overlap in authorities.
The full text of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. Mullin can be found here: https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/08/25-5289-2187613.pdf