LAC Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletters

Last updated July 08, 2008

Volume 3, Issue 7, June 20, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers the Supreme Court's decision that voluntary departure may be withdrawn, a 9th Circuit ruling that a 2003 no-match letter is not constructive knowledge that an employee is undocumented, a favorable 2d Circuit asylum case rejecting Matter of A-T-, and a new online litigation resource.
Volume 3, Issue 6, May 22, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers a suit challenging the transfer of detainees following the ICE raid in Iowa, a suit seeking to recover fees paid by TPS registrants, the settlement agreement in a natz delay/SSI restoration class action, a Supreme Court decision in a criminal sentencing case, and en banc review of an aggravated felony decision.
Volume 3, Issue 5, May 7, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers a new suit seeking detention standards, update on religious workers class action, class action certification in a naturalization delay suit, limitations on the categorical approach, and litigation resources on the web.
Volume 3, Issue 4, April 15, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers a recently filed naturalization delay class action, a damages suit against USICE employees for violating 4th and 5th Amendment rights during home raids, and a recent decision regarding the confidentiality of asylum applications.
Volume 3, Issue 3, March 21, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers the Supreme Court's decision to hear an asylum case involving the persecutor bar, attorneys' fees in naturalization delay suits, pending circuit court cases addressing whether anti-immigration state and local laws are preempted by federal law, and a recent decision regarding evidence that the BIA did not mail a decision.
Volume 3, Issue 2, February 27, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers recently filed lawsuits involving access to counsel at immigration interviews, abuse of minors in detention, and the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico. The newsletter also includes updates on the Duran Gonzales class action in the Ninth Circuit (involving 245(i) and I-212s), Matter of Blake litigation, and the class action suit to restore SSI benefits for refugees and asylees.
Volume 3, Issue 1, January 25, 2008
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers a recent SIJ decision enjoining the government from requiring specific consent for minors in federal custody, a Supreme Court update, an update on mandatory detention litigation, cases rejecting the BIA precedent Matter of Shanu, and a Q&A on a recent court decision addressing the ABC settlement.
Volume 2, Issue 15, December 20, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers circuit court challenges to BIA precedent decisions, an advisory on multiple possession convictions, a Q&A addressing the Ninth Circuit's Recent decision Duran Gonzalez, religious worker litigation, and a recently filed natz delay class action.
Volume 2, Issue 14, December 6, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers recent decisions on INA §§ 245(i) and 212(a)(9)(C), including the Ninth Circuit decision in the I-212, Perez Gonzalez class action, amended federal court rules limiting public access to electronic records, and mandamus actions for natz applicants who have not had interviews.
Volume 2, Issue 13, November 20, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers natz delay class actions, challenges to Matter of Perez-Vargas, potential religious worker litigation, and LAC news.
Volume 2, Issue 12, October 15, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers immigration cases at the Supreme Court, SS No Match litigation, interim EAD litigation, a BIA decision on FGM as a ground for asylum, and LAC news.
Volume 2, Issue 11, September 17, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers litigation challenging USCIS's fee increase, developments in the social security no-match letter case, the reversal of a Fifth Circuit decision on natz delay litigation, new raids lawsuits, surviving spouse litigation, and the Hutto detention facility settlement.
Volume 2, Issue 10, August 28, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers litigation challenging USCIS's failure to provide evidence of LPR status, new Supreme Court rules, and asylum resources.
Volume 2, Issue 9, August 7, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers successful challenges to state ordinances, rehearing petition in 5th Circuit natz delay case, the Orantes injunction, and news from AILF's Legal Action Center, including recently filed and successful amicus briefs.
Volume 2, Issue 8, June 29, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers Matter of Blake litigation, naturalization delay litigation, and BIA oral arguments in June and July.
Volume 2, Issue 7, May 24, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers mandamus actions, surviving spouse litigation, and the BIA's authority to enter a removal order.
Volume 2, Issue 6, May 3, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers mandatory detention challenge, lawsuit challenging ICE raid, BIA precedent decisions, LAC news, and resource for litigation CAT claims for children.
Volume 2, Issue 5, April 13, 2007
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers SSI litigation, motions to reopen filed by people who have left the United States, lawsuits challenging detention at the Hutto facility, new Litigation Clearinghouse issue pages, and a district court decision finding jurisdiction to review an adjustment of status denial.
Volume 2, Issue 4, March 28, 2007
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers Hutto detention facility litigation, U visa litigation, post St. Cyr litigation (trial vs. plea), and interim EAD delays.
Volume 2, Issue 3, February 28, 2007
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers a natz delay class action, arriving alien adjustments, the Fourth Circuit's reversal in Matter of Perez Vargas (204(j) case), the asylum one year filing deadline, and the National Children's Center's resources.
Volume 2, Issue 2, February 8, 2007
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers second or subsequent drug possession convictions as aggravated felonies, detention conditions suit, internal relocation decision, and more!
Volume 2, Issue 1, January 12, 2007
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, interim EAD problems, update on I-212/Perez-Gonzalez litigation, jurisdiction over habeas petitions challenging detention post-REAL ID Act, and challenges to a BIA CAT decision on "acquiescence."
Volume 1, Issue 22, December 22, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers litigation related to ICE raids at Swift plants, post-Lopez motions, developments in Acosta and Padilla-Caldera cases, challenges to Matter of Blake, and technical support from the National Immigration Project.
Volume 1, Issue 21, December 8, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers Supreme Court developments, a class action to restore SSI benefits to immigrants, suits challenging anti-immigrant ordinances, and federal court jurisdiction to review an L-1A extension denial.
Volume 1, Issue 20, November 18, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers I-212 litigation, asylum one year deadline decisions, representing clients with drug possession charges, mandamus petitions, and a court decision regarding asylum applicant confidentiality regulation.
Volume 1, Issue 19, October 31, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers "arriving alien" and parolee adjustments, court review of denied continuances, and in absentia motions to reopen from outside the United States.
Volume 1, Issue 18, October 13, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers I-212 litigation, the Supreme Court’s remand of a favorable Ninth Circuit decision, a CSPA effective date decision, and potential VAWA adjustment litigation.
Volume 1, Issue 17, September 27, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers "material support" litigation, Supreme Court cases this fall, and a recent Eighth Circuit case holding the government to regulatory standards.
Volume 1, Issue 16, August 27, 2006
This issue covers continuous physical presence, Ninth Circuit I-212, Perez-Gonzalez cases, stays of voluntary departure in the court of appeals, and legal resources for attorneys representing noncitizens with criminal charges.
Volume 1, Issue 15, August 10, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers the recently filed natz delay class actions, CIS memo rejecting Perez-Gonzales, VWP case, and resource for attorneys litigating gender-based asylum claims
Volume 1, Issue 14, July 14, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers the government's cert petitions in theft offense cases, BIA procedures for remanded cases, favorable decisions on adjustment of status after reentry without admission, and litigation support in VAWA cases.
Volume 1, Issue 13, June 30, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers recent Supreme Court decisions on reinstatement of removal and adjustment of status for arriving aliens, a court of appeal’s decision vacating Matter of Shanu, and potential litigation over SSI eligibility.
Volume 1, Issue 12, June 9, 2006
This issue of AILF's Clearinghouse Newsletter covers BEC 45 day letters, the Supreme Court decision in the RICO case, and the "arriving alien" adjustment regulation
Volume 1, Issue 11, May 23, 2006
This issue covers LCCR's efforts to obtain remedies for individuals mistreated by immigration officials, Supreme Court update, and courts to consider who can apply for waivers of removability.
Volume 1, Issue 10, May 5, 2006
This issue covers IJ's jurisdiction to apply §204(j)/Perez Vargas and a challenge to the denial of consent to pursue SIJ status.
Volume 1, Issue 9, April 24, 2006
This issue covers the Supreme Court's decision Gonzales v. Thomas and Possible Legal Challenge over DOL "45-Day Letters."
Volume 1, Issue 8, April 5, 2006
This issue covers Supreme Court Review of an Aggravated Felony Case, Jurisdiction over Natz Delays Actions, and LGBT and HIV Based Asylum Claims.
Volume 1, Issue 7, March 23, 2006
This issue covers Supreme Court arguments in reinstatement case, filing fee increases at the court of appeals, and REAL ID Act's effect on jurisdiction over APA actions in district court.
Volume 1, Issue 6, March 3, 2006
This issue covers litigation over naturalization delays, subpoenas when FOIA requests are delayed, and developments concerning mandatory detention.
Volume 1, Issue 5, February 9, 2006
This issue of AILF's Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter covers adjustment of status under INA § 245(i) after reentry without admission and developments concerning mandatory detention.
Volume 1, Issue 4, January 25, 2006
This issue covers developments concerning mandatory detention, Supreme Court Update, and Motions to Stop Deportations to Haiti.
Volume 1, Issue 3, January 10, 2006
This issue covers the favorable district court order in the ADIT litigation (Santillan v. Gonzales) and recent decisions addressing Matter of Grijalva and the presumption of effective service.
Volume 1, Issue 2, December 21, 2005
This issue covers "Arriving Aliens" and Adjustment of Status, Drug Possession Cases at the Supreme Court, and Jurisdiction to Review Asylum One Year Bar Decisions.
Volume 1, Issue 1, December 7, 2005
This is the inaugural issue of the Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter.