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Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch

3:06-cv-02371 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2006

Closed Date: Sept. 2, 2010

This case is one of four lawsuits filed against the City of Farmers Branch, Texas, to challenge the City's anti-immigrant housing law, Ordinance 2892 (subsequently repealed and reenacted in slightly altered form as Ordinance 2903). See Vazquez v. City of Farmers Branch, Barrietos v. City of Farmers Branch and Ramos v. City of Farmers Branch. This case and two others filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Vazquez v. City of Farmers Branch and Barrientos v. City of F…
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

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

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Abdullah v. INS

1:92-cv-08199 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1992

On November 12, 1992, a group of around 400 Pakistani and Indian immigrants filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the INS' denial of their applications for Special Agricultural Workers ("SAW") status. Plaintiffs claimed that the INS denied their applications for SAW status on illegal grounds: (1) because it relied on proof of employment from documents provided by "blacklisted" employers; (2) it unlawfully classified them by ethnic group (3) pl…
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Zambrano v. INS

2:88-cv-00455 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 12, 1988

Closed Date: 2002

On April 12, 1988, six undocumented aliens filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging regulations issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), which implemented the legalization provisions 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 cases were Catholic Social Services v. Meese, 2…
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Cardoso v. Reno

3:98-cv-01181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 18, 1998

Closed Date: 2000

On May 18, 1998, three aliens from Mexico filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging that the U.S. Attorney General violated a number of federal immigration statutes. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief requiring the Attorney General to "(a) allow them to remain in the United States, (b) issue work authorization and, when a visa is available to them (c) allow them to adjust status in the United States."The government moved t…
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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.) and LULAC v. INS; 2:87-cv-04757-WDK-CW (C.D.C…
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Cermeno-Cerna v. Farrell

68-cv-00403 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 12, 1968

Closed Date: 1968

On March 12, 1968, permanent resident aliens who had pending deportation proceedings filed a complaint against the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging immigration regulation 8 C.F.R. 211.1. Plaintiffs were all holders of immigration form I-151 ("green cards") who lived in the U.S. and worked for Giumarra Vineyards. Plaintiffs temporarily left the U.S. and attempted to return to work for Giumarra. When they atte…
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Chavez-Rivas v. Olsen

1:01-cv-01018 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 2, 2001

Closed Date: 2002

On March 2, 2001, the petitioner, Valentin Chavez-Rivas, a Cuban refugee, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the District Court for the District of New Jersey. The petitioner was being held by the INS under a final deportation order because of multiple criminal convictions. Petitioner asserted that his continued detention was unlawful because Cuba would not consent to his return. After the case was filed, Petitioner was transferred from FCI Fairton i…
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Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB

91-26630 | No Court

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 1991

Closed Date: 2002

In this case, Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that federal immigration law prohibited awarding undocumented immigrant workers back pay under the National Labor Relations Act.This case arose when Hoffman Plastic Compounds fired José Castro and others for union activities in 1989. During a series of administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), it was determined that Castro was an undocumented immigrant who had used fake pape…
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Mandoza v. Zirkle Fruit

2:00-cv-03024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: March 28, 2000

Closed Date: May 17, 2006

On March 28, 2000 several former employees of Zirkle Fruit Company Matson Fruit Company filed a class action lawsuit against their former employers and the Selective Employment Agency, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, alleging that Matson and Zirkle and the engaged in a massive scheme to hire undocumented illegal immigrants for the express purpose of depressing employee wages. Selective was alleged to have acted as a front company in order to shield from…