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HINOJOSA v. HORN

Nos. 17-40077 & 17-40134.

896 F.3d 305 (2018)

Raquel HINOJOSA, also known as Raquel Flores Venegas, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Petra HORN, Port Director, United States Customs and Border Protection; Mike Pompeo, Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees and Denisse Villafranca, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mike Pompeo, Secretary, U.S. Department of State; United States of America; Petra Horn, Customs and Border Protection Port Director, Brownsville, Texas; Jonathan M. Rolbin, Director, Legal Affairs and Law Enforcement Liaison, of the United States Department of State, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisabeth S. Brodyaga , Refugio del Rio Grande , San Benito, TX, Jaime M. Diez , Jones & Crane, Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Hans Harris Chen , U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation — DCS, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Due to the similarity in the factual background and legal issues in these two cases, we resolve both in a single opinion.

Raquel Hinojosa and Denisse Villafranca (collectively, the "Plaintiffs") were denied passports by the Department of State ("DOS") because they were deemed not to be United States citizens. They separately challenged...

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