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Barahona-Gomez v. Reno

4:97-cv-00895 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 14, 1997

Closed Date: 2006

On March 14, 1997, the National Immigration Law Center, the Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area and cooperating counsel filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging directives of Executive Office for Immigration Review officials which implemented the Section 309(c) (5) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). When the IIRIRA took effect on April 1, 1997, it made ali…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Escutia v. Ashcroft

8:00-cv-00841 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2000

Closed Date: 2004

On August 25, 2000 plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the pace of the INS' processing of applications for benefits under the Family Unity Program, § 301 of the Immigration Act of 1990. The Family Unity program allowed the spouses and children of permanent residents who legalized through the 1986 amnesty program to remain and work in the U.S.Plaintiffs alleged that the INS' California Service Center was no…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Council of La Raza v. Gonzales

1:03-cv-06324 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2003

On December 17, 2003, a coalition of immigration rights advocacy groups, which included the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Latin American Workers Project (LAWP), and UNITE, filed suit against several federal agencies (FBI, DOJ, ICE, Homeland Security) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeking to halt the government practice of entering and disseminating civil immigration…

Complaint

National Council of La Raza v. Gonzales

Dec. 17, 2003

Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

April 26, 2004

Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Complaint For Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief May be Granted

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

April 26, 2004

Brief of Amici Curiae National Latino Officers' Association and National Black Police Association in Support of Plaintiffs

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

June 18, 2004

Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief May Be Granted

National Council of La Raza v. Ashcroft

July 22, 2004

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Soskin v. Reinertson

1:03-cv-00529 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 27, 2003

Closed Date: 2005

On March 27, 2003, attorneys for the National Immigration Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project and other advocacy groups filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, challenging the provisions of Colorado Senate Bill 03-176 ("SB 03-176") that terminated Medicaid eligibility for lawfully present immigrants solely on the basis of their status asnon-citizens. Plaintiffs asserted that the law violated …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Espindola v. INS

2:92-cv-01871 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1992

Closed Date: 1995

On January 20, 1992, plaintiffs, represented by the National Immigration Law Center, and the ACLU Immigration Rights' Project filed a class lawsuit against the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging the INS' "Operation Green Card," a plan which required permanent residents to pay $70 to renew green cards (Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form I-151) issued before 1978. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and inj…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Wilson

3:97-cv-02427 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 27, 1997

Closed Date: 1999

On June 27, 1997, eight pregnant women filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of approximately 70,000 indigent, immigrant women residing in California. Plaintiffs challenged a provision of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ("Welfare Reform Act"). The Act made undocumented immigrants ineligible for state funded public benefits, except for emergency care, certain immunizations, and treatment of communic…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gorbach v. Reno

2:98-cv-00278 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 5, 1998

Closed Date: 2002

On March 5, 1998, a group of naturalized U.S. citizens who had been served with a notice of intent to revoke naturalization (NOIR) by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) brought suit in the United State District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the validity of administrative denaturalization proceedings conducted under INS regulation 8 C.F.R. § 340.1. Before the INS implemented this regulation, the Attorney General alone conducted denaturalization procee…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Perez-Funez v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

2:81-cv-01457 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 25, 1981

This case involves two consolidated actions, Yanira Pena and Claudia Pena v. INS, 81-cv-1932, and Jose Antonio Perez-Funez v. INS, 81-cv-1457, in which plaintiffs filed separate lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the manner in which the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) implemented its voluntary departure procedure with respect to unaccompanied minor non-citizens in its custody. Plaintiffs, who were represented by the ACLU Foundati…
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Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese

2:82-cv-01107 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 4, 1982

In 1982, a group of Salvadoran refugees filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging practices and procedures of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in detaining, processing, and removing those seeking political asylum from El Salvador. The plaintiffs alleged that the INS (1) used coercive tactics to cause Salvadorans to accept "voluntary departure" to El Salvador; (2) failed to advise them of their right to co…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Walters v. Reno

2:94-cv-01204 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 1994

Closed Date: 2003

On August 16, 1994, attorneys with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigration Law Center, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Right Project, and private firms filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the notice procedures employed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in document fraud cases. Plaintiffs were aliens who allegedly violated the INS' document…