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  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit Case, Nunez-Reyes v. Holder(147 KB - 11/23/2010)
    AILA filed a joint brief with the National Immigration Project in the en banc case of Nunez-Reyes v. Holder. AILA argues that state rehabilitative relief for simple drug possessions will prevent a "conviction" for immigration purposes. AILA Doc. No. 10112376.
    AILA Doc. No. 10112376.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in SB-1070 Case, U.S. v. Arizona(135 KB - 10/26/2010)
    AILA amicus brief in U.S. v. Arizona, urging the 9th Circuit to uphold the district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the state of Arizona from enforcing certain sections of SB-1070. AILA Doc. No. 10102667.
    AILA Doc. No. 10102667.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in 245(i) Case, Matter of Legaspi (969 KB - 10/26/2010)
    AILA amicus brief arguing that after-acquired spouses and children, though not independently grandfathered, can adjust under §245(i) if accompanying or following to join a grandfathered alien. Thanks to Russell Abrutyn, Jackson Chaney, Leslie Holman, Cyrus Mehta, Olsi Vrapi. AILA Doc. No. 10102663.
    AILA Doc. No. 10102663.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in BALCA Case, Matter of ETSU(162 KB - 10/19/2010)
    AILA amicus brief filed in Matter of ETSU, arguing that the CO applied an incorrect recruitment standard for a case involving a member of the teaching profession, and that colleges and universities may include preferences when advertising for academic positions. AILA Doc. No. 10101962.
    AILA Doc. No. 10101962.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit Case, Delgado v. Holder(352 KB - 10/14/2010)
    AILA amicus brief arguing that when the BIA engages in a plain language statutory analysis, fills no statutory gaps, or does not particularize ambiguous statutory terms, its decision is not eligible for Chevron deference. AILA Doc. No. 10101430.
    AILA Doc. No. 10101430.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in Second Circuit Case, Ragbir v. Holder(89 KB - 10/12/2010)
    AILA amicus brief filed in support of panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, arguing that the court improperly applied the futility doctrine in refusing to remand, and rendered its decision based on a standard and evidence not considered by the BIA post-Nijhawan. AILA Doc. No. 10101260.
    AILA Doc. No. 10101260.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief in Matter of Syracuse University before BALCA(193 KB - 8/17/2010)
    AILA amicus brief filed before BALCA in opposition to a CO’s denial in Matter of Syracuse University, a case involving recruitment process requirements for a university professor. AILA argues that the DOL OFLC FAQ, promulgated solely online, is wrong and unlawful. AILA Doc. No. 10081761.
    AILA Doc. No. 10081761.
  • AILA and NIJC Amicus Brief in Flores-Villar v. United States(159 KB - 7/7/2010)
    AILA and NIJC filed an amicus brief in the SCOTUS case Flores-Villar v. United States on an equal protection challenge to US residency requirements for an unwed USC father versus an unwed USC mother to transmit USC status jus sanguinis to child born abroad. AILA Doc. No. 10070762.
    AILA Doc. No. 10070762.
  • AILA Submits Amicus Brief in AZ Anti-Immigrant Statute Litigation(147 KB - 6/16/2010)
    AILA filed an amicus brief in the Arizona district court case of Friendly House v. Whiting supporting a preliminary injunction of the AZ statute commonly referred to as SB 1070. AILA argues that the statute cannot be implemented in a fair and constitutional manner. AILA Doc. No. 10061662.
    AILA Doc. No. 10061662.
  • LAC Argues for Favorable Interpretation of CSPA (4/29/2010)
    The Legal Action Center’s amicus brief, on behalf of AIC and AILA, urges Ninth Circuit to reject Matter of Wang and interpret INA §203(h)(3) as allowing aged-out derivatives of family, employment and diversity visas to retain original priority dates. AILA Doc. No. 10042967
    AILA Doc. No. 10042967.
  • AILA Submits Amicus Brief in BIA Matter of C-T-L Case(292 KB - 3/23/2010)
    AILA submitted an amicus brief in the BIA asylum case Matter of C-T-L. AILA concludes that the requirement that an enumerated ground is "at least one central reason" for the fear of persecution applies to withholding of removal claims. AILA Doc. No. 10032370.
    AILA Doc. No. 10032370.
  • AILA Submits Amicus Brief on Mandatory Detention with BIA(776 KB - 3/18/2010)
    On 03/16/10, AILA submitted an amicus brief with the BIA in the Matter of Garcia Arreola, asking the Board to overturn Matter of Saysana and narrow the applicability of the mandatory detention statute, INA 236(c). AILA Doc. No. 10031861.
    AILA Doc. No. 10031861.
  • DHS Supplemental Brief in Matter of Garcia-Arreola(3517 KB - 3/18/2010)
    DHS Principal Deputy General Counsel David Martin filed a brief in Matter of Garcia-Arreola suggesting that the Matter of Saysana ought to be clarified. AILA also filed an amicus brief in the same matter. AILA Doc. No. 10031860.
    AILA Doc. No. 10031860.
  • AILA Submits Amicus Brief in 9th Circuit U.S.A. v. Aguila-Montes de Oca Case(347 KB - 3/11/2010)
    AILA submitted an amicus brief in the 9th Cir. rehearing of U.S.A. v. Aguila-Montes de Oca, requesting the Court to restore the panel decision or affirm it with clarification that second-stage categorical analysis only applies in the context of divisible statutes. AILA Doc. No. 10031133.
    AILA Doc. No. 10031133.
  • AILA and AIC Amicus Brief Addresses Supreme Court Brand X Decision(562 KB - 1/26/2010)
    AILA, AIC, and Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, submitted an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case In Re Tan, arguing that the BIA must follow 9th Circuit law because the “disfavored group” analysis is mandated by the plain, unambiguous language of the statute. AILA Doc. No. 10012663.
    AILA Doc. No. 10012663.
  • AILA Files Amicus Brief with BALCA on Determination of "Permanent Full Time Work"(68 KB - 1/4/2010)
    AILA amicus brief in Matter of Albert Einstein Medical Center and Abingdon Memorial Hospital, urging BALCA to overrule Vito-Volpe and Crawford & Sons and adopt a factor-driven test for determining what constitutes permanent full-time work. AILA Doc. No. 10010470.
    AILA Doc. No. 10010470.