National Association of Manufacturers v. United States Department of Homeland Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Case No. 20-cv-04887-JSW MANUFACTURERS, et al., 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ 11 MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY v. INJUNCTION 12 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF Re: Dkt. No. 31 13 HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., Defendants. 14 15 16 Now before the Court is a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the National 17 Association of Manufacturers, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National 18 Retail Federation, Technet, and Intrax, Inc. (collectively “Plaintiffs”). The Court has considered 19 the parties’ papers, relevant legal authority, the parties’ arguments at the hearing, and the full 20 record provided in the case.1 For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion. 21 On June 22, 2020, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 10052 (“Proclamation 22 10052” or “the Proclamation”), which suspends entire visa categories for four sets of 23 nonimmigrant work visas for a period…