Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, which provides essential services to migrants at its Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, had supported the issuance of the injunction.
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A question of religion -- how First Amendment cases are playing out in court
Questions over First Amendment freedoms related to religious practice are being debated -- in the courts and elsewhere -- around the United States. From whether a public school football team can hire a chaplain, to whether employers can require vaccinations, here’s a rundown of some of the latest cases.
The organization says an executive order about transporting migrants prevents it from serving women and children on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Minnesota company, alleging discrimination by firing an employee who refused to be fingerprinted on the basis of his Christian faith.
Three of the sailors, a Hasidic Jew and two Muslims, have either been denied a faith-based accommodation to have a neatly maintained beard or told that previous permission to have one is going to be rescinded.
Saying they object to being "a mouthpiece for the government's preferred message," groups are suing over the lack of a no-extra-cost alternative to the standard license plate, which reads "In God We Trust."
The Apache tribe is trying to stop construction of a copper mine on a worship site in Arizona. In Oregon, confederated tribes want remediation of burial grounds bulldozed to widen a highway.
More than half of U.S. states are battling over a Department of Labor rule expanding a religious exemption for federal contractors from nondiscrimination requirements.
A New York village has been barred from enforcing zoning provisions that allegedly thwart the ability of Orthodox Jews to worship in their homes pending the resolution of a lawsuit.
A judge granted a request by a shaman jailed in the Capitol riots to be served organic food.
Four women who came to the U.S. seeking asylum allege in a lawsuit that Trump administration officials targeted them with exorbitant civil fines because they took sanctuary in churches.
A debate over whether public schools and universities should have chaplains for sports teams has been revived at Boise State University.
In a case with implications for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, an employee has filed a complaint against the University of Virginia Health System for refusing to exempt him from getting a flu shot.
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