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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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bustos v. Mitchell

1:69-cv-03386 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: 1969

Closed Date: 1975

In the early 1970s, several farmworkers and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, a collective-bargaining agent, brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service's practice of permitting Mexican aliens to commute either daily or seasonally from their homes in Mexico to farm jobs in the U.S. under the "special immigrant"' classification of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Plaintiffs' complaint sough…
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Escobar v. Baker

3:92-cv-05016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 1992

Closed Date: 1993

On January 16, 1992, migrant agricultural workers of Mexican descent filed a lawsuit against farm owner employers in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleging violations of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 1801, et seq. and Washington State Farm Labor Contractor Act, RCW 49.48.010. Plaintiffs claimed that they were fired by farm owners because they sought legal advice from attorneys from Oregon Legal Services as to their…
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Abraham v. Reno

1:00-cv-01130 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 19, 2000

Closed Date: 2001

On May 19, 2000, plaintiffs filed suit in the U.S. District Court District of Columbia to compel the INS to issue long-awaited regulations implementing § 343 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) for certain healthcare workers who were waiting to become lawful permanent residents. Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys for the American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) and private counsel.On September 29, 2000, the parties entered into a Settlement Agree…
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Western Colorado Fruit Growers Association, Inc. v. F. Ray Marshall, United States Secretary of Labor, Floyd Edwards, Regional Administrator of United States Department of Labor (Region VIII), United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

1:78-cv-01022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 1978

In 1978, a voluntary association of fruit growers brought suit against the Department of Labor, the Employment and Training Administrator, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado to compel them to certify a shortage of domestic labor so that they could hire migrant labor for the fall harvest season in western Colorado fruit orchards. Under federal labor and immigration laws, an employer could file a clearance order with t…
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NAACP Jefferson County Branch v. U.S. Secretary of Labor

1:82-cv-02315 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 1982

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 1996

In 1982, the NAACP filed a class action on behalf of farmworkers (apple pickers) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Department of Labor's interpretation of its temporary foreign worker program regulations as applied to certain West Virginia apple growers. The complaint alleged that the Department misinterpreted the regulations in a way that allowed grower productivity expectations for apple pickers to increase, thereby resulting in less pay for workers. The Di…
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Martinez v. Mecca Farms, Inc.

9:01-cv-09096 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2001

Closed Date: 2003

On December 20, 2001, the Florida Legal Services Inc. Migrant Farmworker Justice Project filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of migrant farm workers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleging violations of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act at Florida tomato and chili pepper packing houses. The workers alleged that they were not paid overtime wages, employee Social Security taxes were deducted from their wages were never paid to the govern…
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Alfred L. Snapp & Sons, Inc.

5:79-00007 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 1979

Closed Date: July 1, 1982

In 1979, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, challenging the actions of East Coast apple growers in recruiting and employing foreign workers during the apple harvest season. Puerto Rico alleged that the apple growers violated the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act by hiring foreign workers instead of citizens of Puerto Rico, who should have been given priority in employment as they were U…
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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…