Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic, Sept. 8, 2023 "The U.S. government has reached a class-action settlement to speed up the asylum process for nearly 20,000 Afghans evacuated to the United States two years ago and who have been waiting for months for their...
My friend and mentor Richard S. Fischer has filed this lawsuit to try to recoup the $85 biometrics fees that USCIS stole from his clients.
NILA, NWIRP, Ira Kurzban, Aug. 28, 2023 "On Friday, a federal district court granted nationwide class certification to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applicants seeking to enforce their statutory right to a work permit during the many months that they...
NILA, NWIRP, Mar. 9, 2023 "Today, four applicants who qualify for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), filed a national class action against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in federal district court in Seattle, Washington. The lawsuit challenges...
Matt Adams writes: "Last month NWIRP and the Alaska Immigration Justice Project filed a class action challenging the USCIS policy requiring U visa applicants for adjustment of status to file a medical exam, form I-693, even though they are not subject to the...
On January 23, 2023 a class action lawsuit was filed in Seattle regarding delays in adjudicating unlawful presence waivers: Guevara Enriquez v. USCIS . On January 20, 2023 a class action lawsuit was filed in D.C. regarding ICE's publication of private information...
Owino v. CoreCivic "The opinion filed June 3, 2022, Owino v. CoreCivic, Inc., 36 F.4th 839 (9th Cir. 2022) is amended and superceded by the opinion filed concurrently with this order. The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc...
Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED, July 16, 2022 "A multi-billion dollar private prison company has allegedly maximized profits by coercing immigrant detainees locked up at two of its facilities in California to work for $1 a day, according to a class action...
NILA, NWIRP, June 9, 2022 "Today, five asylum applicants filed a national class action lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) challenging policies and practices that unlawfully...
Leah Douglas, Reuters, June 2, 2022 "Sheep herders in the U.S. West have banded together to sue their employers, accusing them of operating an illegal cartel that artificially suppresses their wages, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Nevada...
Jan. 11, 2022 - Today the Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in two immigration cases. Two expert comment: Prof. Shalini Ray - "The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in two related immigration cases , Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez and...
AILA, Nov. 8, 2021 "49 plaintiffs represented by AILA, Farshad Owji, Aaron Hall, Charles Kuck, and Greg Siskind filed a class action lawsuit against DHS and USCIS over the extreme processing delays on applications for EADs for noncitizens who are seeking...
Doe v. Trump "This is a class action based upon Defendants’ unconstitutional deprivation of the rights, privileges, benefits and/or protections, provided to United States Citizens, via the enactment and subsequent enforcement of the S. 3548-Coronavirus Aid...
MALDEF, Feb. 18, 2020 "A federal judge in Arizona has granted final approval of the settlement in national class-action litigation against Motel 6 related to the provision of guest information to federal immigration officials. MALDEF (Mexican American...
ACLU, June 15, 2017 - "The ACLU filed a class-action lawsuit today to immediately stop federal immigration officials from deporting more than 100 Iraqi nationals rounded up in raids by federal agents last weekend, arguing that it is illegal to deport the...