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AMNESTY LITIGATION DEPORTATIONS BLOCKED BY COURT A federal district judge in Sacramento, California has issued a temporary restraining order that blocks the INS from deporting or arresting thousands of immigrants who have been involved in legal wrangling with the INS for the past ten years. They claim that they were wrongly denied amnesty in the mid-1980s. The order expires on June 19, 1998. The 200,000 people affected have been living in the U.S. since at least 1982, and they contend that they were either wrongly denied amnesty or discouraged from applying because of brief absences from the U.S. They were seeking amnesty under the initiative created by Congress in 1986. A number of class-action lawsuits filed by the immigrants have been dismissed twice since the immigration law changes of 1996 which effectively removed jurisdiction over the case from the federal courts INS has expressed its belief that this latest development in the ongoing battle will be resolved in its favor. For years, they have argued that many applicants' claims of wrongly denied amnesty were false. Disclaimer: This newsletter is provided as a public service and not intended to establish an attorney client relationship. Any reliance on information contained herein is taken at your own risk. |
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