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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a very longstanding class action addressing appropriate treatment of noncitizen children in federal immigration custody. On March 26, 2020, plaintiffs filed an emergency motion seeking promptly release due to COVID-19 risks. On March 27, 2020, the court issued an order to the federal agencies detaining immigrant children to “make continuous efforts” to release the children from custody because of the risk posed to them by COVID-19 and to provide an accounting of their …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
L.R. (Lucas R.) v. Azar

2:18-cv-05741 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a pre-existing class action about non-citizen kids in HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody. Plaintiffs are seeking emergency releases of nearly all such children, in light of the grave risk of infection in congregate settings. The court denied the plaintiffs' application for TRO on April 2. This class action suit, filed on June 29, 2018, sought to enjoin the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Perez-Olano v. Gonzalez [later Holder, Sessions]

2:05-cv-03604 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 13, 2005

On May 13, 2005, attorneys for the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice instituted a nationwide class action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, on behalf of immigrant youth who were formerly dependents of state courts because they had been abused, abandoned, or neglected, and who petitioned for classification as "special immigrant juveniles" (SIJ) under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 110…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Ashcroft

2:87-cv-02107 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 3, 1987

Closed Date: 1999

On April 3, 1987, eight resident aliens filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, claiming that the federal government targeted them for deportation because of their affiliation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a group that the government deemed to be an international terrorist and communist organization. The government had charged all eight plaintiffs under the McCarran Walter Act, which provided for depor…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Catholic Social Services v. Ashcroft

2:86-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1986

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2014

On Nov. 12, 1986, Catholic Social Services filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service's ("INS") interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). This case was one of three "late amnesty cases" filed in the federal courts in California against the INS. The other two case were Zambrano v. INS, S-88-455 EJG (E.D.Cal.) [IM-CA-0008 of this collection] and LULAC v…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Nicacio v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

2:82-01018 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: 1982

Closed Date: 1987

In 1984, a class of Hispanic persons brought suit against the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, alleging that its Border Patrol agents engaged in a pattern of unlawful stops to detain and interrogate persons of Hispanic appearance traveling on Washington state highways. Plaintiffs, represented by Evergreen Legal Services, alleged that agents regularly conducted roving motor vehicle patrols in search of undoc…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union v. Chertoff

2:07-cv-00188 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2007

Closed Date: March 11, 2011

This lawsuit is one of several cases arising from immigration raids conducted by federal authorities at Swift meat packing plants across the country. (See Valenzuela v. Swift Beef Company, Inc., No. 3:06-cv-02322-N (N.D. Tex.) [IM-TX-0019], and Swift & Company v. ICE, No. 2:06-cv-00314 (N.D. Tex.) [IM-TX-0020]). In this case, which was filed on September 12, 2007, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and several U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents sued the …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lui v. Holder

2:11-cv-01267 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2011

Closed Date: 2013

This is a case about the immigration consequences of a same-sex marriage between a U.S. citizen and an alien -- here, a citizen of Indonesia. The Indonesian citizen, apparently facing removal proceedings, was the subject of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision against him. There seem not to be any publicly available documents that clarify the grounds of that decision. But in any event, prior to the appeal of the adverse BIA decision to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (whi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aranas v. Napolitano

8:12-cv-01137 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2012

On July 12, 2012, an American woman and a Filipina, residents of California and married under California law, and their son, the biological child of the Filipina spouse, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, the Public Law Center, the…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Catholic Charities v. Chertoff

4:07-cv-01307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 6, 2007

Closed Date: May 20, 2010

On March 6, 2007, a coalition of social justice and immigrant rights groups, led by Catholic Charities CYO, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief compelling the federal government to implement the "U" visa program. The U visa program was part of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(U), ("VTVPA"), which permitted immigrants who were victims of se…