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IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE PROJECT, LA COUNTY v. I.N.S.

No. 99-35472.

306 F.3d 842 (2002)

IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE PROJECT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL-CIO); Travelers & Immigrants Aid of Chicago; Hermandad Mexicana Nacional; Washington Association of Churches; One Stop Immigration; International Institute, San Francisco; International Institute (East Bay); John Does Nos. 1 Through 8; Jane Does Nos. 1 Through 4, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; James Ziglar, Commissioner of the INS; Department of Justice; John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States; Department of State; Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Re-Submitted September 17, 2001.

Filed September 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa M. Arnold, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, and Christopher Pickrell, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellants.

Robert Pauw, Gibbs, Houston & Pauw, Seattle, WA; Peter Schey, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, CA; and Michael Rubin, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon and Rubin, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HUG, PREGERSON, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellees are illegal immigrants and organizations assisting such immigrants who seek to legalize their status under a legalization program in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1255. The legalization program was established to benefit aliens who have unlawfully resided in the United States since 1982. Plaintiffs challenge policies and practices adopted by Defendant-Appellant...

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