On April 27, 2026, ECBAWM filed an amicus brief on behalf of 30 labor scholars in a case where three labor unions—the United Auto Workers (UAW), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the Communications Workers of America (CWA)—are challenging Department of Homeland Security’s catch and revoke policy, which surveils non-citizens’ social media use and revokes visas or immigration authorization in retaliation for posting disfavored views.

The U.S government moved to dismiss the unions’ amended complaint, arguing in part that unions lack standing because people join unions solely for collective bargaining purposes, not for the vindication of civil liberties or political expressive rights.

In the amicus brief, ECBAWM rebuts the government’s ahistorical and mistaken portrayal of labor unions. The brief emphasizes that opposing policies through which DHS chills free speech and terrorizes immigrant communities is plainly germane to unions’ core purposes. It further explains that unions are directly harmed by these policies, which undermine organizing, collective advocacy, and the protection of workers’ rights.

To read the ECBAWM’s amicus brief, click here.

ECBAWM attorney Hafsa S. Mansoor authored the brief, with significant contributions from Harvard Law Professor Laura Weinrib, University of Minnesota Law Professor Charlotte Garden, and ECBAWM staff Carlos Martinez Montes, Sadie Cook, and Patrick Perez.