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Lozano v. City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania

3:06-cv-01586 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2006

Closed Date: Jan. 4, 2016

In this lawsuit, filed on August 15, 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, two property owners challenged the Hazleton, Pennsylvania ordinance penalizing those who rent to or hire undocumented immigrants. This was the first city ordinance of its kind, and the lawsuit received a great deal of press. The ordinance, titled "Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance" (Immigration Ordinance), immediately served as a model for several dozen other cities' similar enac…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Santillan v. Mukasey

3:04-cv-02686 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 6, 2004

Closed Date: July 21, 2010

On July 6, 2004, individuals who had been granted the status of lawful permanent resident by the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and its Director, and the San Francisco District Director under 5 U.S.C. § 551…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abdulle v. Gonzales

3:05-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 7, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

On July 7, 2005, Petitioner, a native and citizen of Somalia, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, to challenge the constitutionality of his continued detention. Petition was initially admitted to the U.S. in November 1986. On May 24th, 2004, the petitioner was detained pending removal proceedings because of numerous criminal convictions and for overstaying the time permitted by his non-immigrant…
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Aparcio v. Blakeway

5:00-cv-00434 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 14, 2000

Closed Date: 2002

On April 14, 2000, three Mexican nationals who had applied for naturalization filed a class-action lawsuit against the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleging that the INS improperly used and relied upon confidential information taken from their prior applications made in the Special Agricultural Worker (SAW) program, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1160 et seq. Under the SAW program, seasonal agricultural workers could apply for "tempora…
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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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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…
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Chintakuntla v. INS

3:99-cv-05211 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 1999

Closed Date: 2003

On December 8, 1999, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging the INS denial of employment-based second preference (EB-2) immigrant visa petitions that were filed by U.S. employers and immigrants who sought to obtain work visas for immigrants with certain employment skills and experience. The issue in plaintiffs' complaint was the INS policy of denying EB-2 applications when form ETA 750 specified a Bachelor's degre…
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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
Etuk v. Blackman

1:89-cv-03265 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 1989

Closed Date: 1992

On October 3, 1989, a class of lawful permanent resident aliens (LPRs) filed a lawsuit under 8 U.S.C. §1304 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, challenging the INS procedure for replacing lost or stolen permanent resident alien cards, Form I-151 or I-551, ("green cards"). Plaintiffs alleged violations of their constitutional rights and federal immigration law and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Under federal immigration law, a LPR was required to carry a…
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Iyengar v. Barnhart

1:02-cv-00825 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 1, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

On May 1, 2002, a group of aliens who were residing legally within the U.S. but were ineligible to work, brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Social Security Administration's (SSA) determination that it would no longer issue Social Security numbers to aliens for purposes of obtaining state driver's licenses. Plaintiffs alleged that the SSA's actions violated the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553, in that the SSA dismissed its long-sta…