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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…
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.) and LULAC v. INS; 2:87-cv-04757-WDK-CW (C.D.C…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
LULAC v. INS

2:87-cv-04757 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 22, 1987

Closed Date: April 25, 2007

This case, Newman v. INS (originally LULAC v. INS) was a companion case to Catholic Social Services v. Reno (IM-CA-11 of this collection). Both cases were filed by attorneys for the Center For Human Rights & Constitutional Law and challenged the INS' interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"), which established a one-time only amnesty program through which aliens could apply for lawful temporary resident status. Catholic Social Services v. Reno was filed in Nov…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Yakubova v. Chertoff

1:06-cv-03203 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 28, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On June 28, 2006, individuals residing in New York State who properly filed their immigration naturalization papers filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), alleging that the federal government had a custom and practice of failing to grant or deny the plaintiffs' applications for naturalization within 120 days of their initial examinations, and of unlawfully …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Immigrant Assistance Project of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) v. INS

2:88-cv-00379 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 24, 1988

Closed Date: 2008

On March 24, 1988, individual nonimmigrant aliens and various immigration rights organizations filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging certain INS policies and regulations relating to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Specifically, plaintiffs challenged the interpretation of the requirement that to qualify for legalization under the IRCA the nonimmigrant must have lived continuously and unlawfully in the U.S. since January 1…

Opinion

Immigration Assistance Project of the LA County Federation of Labor v. INS

March 7, 1989

Opinion

Immigrant Assistance Project of the L.A. County Fed'n of Labor v. INS

June 8, 1989

[Ninth Circuit] Opinion [Affirming in Part and Reversing in Part the District Court's Order]

Legalization Assistance Program of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) v. INS

Sept. 18, 1992

[Chambers] Opinion [of Justice O'Connor Staying the District Court's Protective Order Pending Appeal to the Ninth Circuit]

INS v. Legalization Assistance Project of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Nov. 26, 1993

[Supreme Court] Order [Granting Certiorari, Vacating and Remanding]

INS v. Legalization Assistance Project of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Dec. 6, 1993

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Lopez v. Ezell

3:88-cv-01825 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1988

Closed Date: 1992

On November 30, 1988, alien workers who had applied for special status under the Special Agricultural Workers (SAW) legalization program created by the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1160 et seq., filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to enjoin federal border agents from detaining and questioning them with regard to their underlying applications. Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys with the California Rural Legal Assistance, the ACLU F…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Intl. Molders' v. INS

5:82-cv-01896 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 29, 1982

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 1991

In 1982, a labor union, businesses, and individuals filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. They challenged immigration raids which occurred during the week of April 16, 1982, as part of "Project Jobs," a nation-wide enforcement action conducted by the INS and Border Patrol agents. The plaintiffs alleged that the workplace raids, which the government called "surveys" or "control operations," resulted in U.S. citizens and lawful resident al…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Naranjo-Aguilera v. US Immigration and Naturalization Service

2:91-cv-01462 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 1991

On October 23, 1991, attorneys for the Farmworker Justice Fund Inc., the National Immigration Law Center, the California Rural Legal Assistance and Legal Services of Northern California filed a class action suit on behalf of immigrant agricultural workers in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of California to challenge immigration policies which affect immigrants seeking special status under the Special Agricultural Workers (SAW) legalization program. The Special Agricultural Worker prog…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ortiz v. Meissner

3:96-cv-02272 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 21, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

In 1996, a group of aliens who were administratively denied legalization under either of two amnesty programs established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (''IRCA''), filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming entitlement to work authorization until the completion of judicial review of their deportation orders. The amnesty programs at issue were (1) for ''special agricultural workers'' (''SAWs''), 8 U.S.C. § 1160, and (2) fo…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Serquina v. United States

2:93-cv-00129 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 1993

Closed Date: 1998

On January 11, 1993, a group of Filipino applicants for naturalization under § 405 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT), Pub. L. No. 101-649 filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to challenge the way in which veterans could prove their qualifying military service in the Filipino army. § 405 of IMMACT provided for naturalization of those who served in one of the Philippine military organizations listed in § 405. The INS contended that …