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AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE v. THORNBURGH

No. 89-56095.

961 F.2d 1405 (1991)

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE CORPORATION; Stephen G. Cary; Teresa Mathis; Aurora Camacho De Schmidt et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard THORNBURGH, Attorney General of the United States; United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1991.

As Amended April 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Holguin, Nat. Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Steven Richards Valentine, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Evan A. Jenness, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus Civil Rights Organization.

Before: HUG, CANBY, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

The American Friends Service Committee ("AFSC")1 appeals the district court's dismissal of its suit for injunctive and declaratory relief. AFSC alleges that its free exercise of religion is violated by the "employer sanction" provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act ("IRCA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(a)(1). Those provisions require, generally, that employers verify the legal immigration status of their employees...

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