Today, Benjamin Collins, Bingbing Yu, and the Health Freedom Defense Fund (HFDF) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for denying Green Card applications solely based on applicants’ lack of Covid-19 vaccination.
The lawsuit argues that the CDC and USCIS acted unlawfully by including Covid-19 vaccines on the list of vaccinations required for lawful immigration. Federal law permits only vaccines for “vaccine-preventable” diseases to be mandated. However, Covid-19 does not meet this criterion, as the CDC and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have acknowledged that the vaccines neither prevent transmission nor infection.
“Our government has recognized that the Covid-19 shots do not prevent a person from contracting Covid-19, so there is no reason for the government to prohibit people who chose not to take the shots from obtaining lawful permanent residence here. That is the essence of arbitrary action and should be eliminated immediately, before it tears more families apart.”
The plaintiffs highlight that, despite widespread vaccination, countless prominent individuals—including President Joe Biden, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, and Dr. Anthony Fauci—contracted Covid-19 multiple times, demonstrating that the disease is not vaccine-preventable. Additionally, the U.S. government permits millions of unvaccinated tourists to enter the country annually while barring Green Card applicants who lack the Covid-19 vaccine, an inconsistency the lawsuit deems arbitrary and capricious.
“The administration’s policy, in place for over three years, defies logic and scientific evidence,” said Leslie Manookian, president of HFDF. “The CDC itself admitted in 2021 that vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals exhibit similar antibody levels, yet this discriminatory mandate persists.”
The lawsuit also criticizes USCIS Director Ur Jaddou and CDC Director Mandy Cohen for implementing a policy that, according to HFDF, violates the law and denies families the freedom to make personal healthcare decisions.
“The Biden administration bet on affected families being unable to secure the resources to challenge this policy. HFDF is here to correct this injustice,” Manookian declared.
This legal challenge calls for an immediate end to what plaintiffs describe as an unlawful and harmful policy that keeps families apart and undermines individual rights.
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