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Immigrants Rights : Legal Documents

Riverside Coalition of Business Persons and Landlords v. Township of Riverside - Complaint (10/18/2006)

Reynolds v. City of Valley Park - First Amended Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (09/27/2006)

Reynolds v. City of Valley Park - Amended Temporary Restraining Order (09/27/2006)
Temporary Restraining Order against City of Valley Park Ordinance No. 1715.

Reynolds v. City of Valley Park - Temporary Restraining Order (09/25/2006)
Temporary Restraining Order against City of Valley Park Ordinance No. 1708.

Reynolds v. City of Valley Park - Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (09/22/2006)
Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief from City of Valley Park Ordinance No. 1708

Lozano v. Hazleton: Stipulation and Order (09/01/2006)
An order, agreed to by the parties, that Hazleton will not enforce its so-called “Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance” at this time.

Letter to Mayor Barletta of Hazleton, PA (08/15/2006)
Letter to Mayor Barletta of Hazleton, PA

Lozano et. al v. Hazleton PA Complaint.pdf (08/15/2006)
Complaint in Lozano et al v. The City of Hazleton, PA

Walsh et al v. City of Honolulu (02/03/2006)
HONOLULU —The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii today announced the end to a requirement that prevented countless numbers of individuals from even applying for government jobs in Hawaii because they were not yet residents.

ACLU Letter to DOJ and US Attorney Calling for the Dismissal of Remaining Charges Against Dr. Sami Al-Arian (01/23/2006)
MIAMI -- Saying that a decision to re-try Dr. Sami Al-Arian following the recent acquittal of all serious charges lodged against him “would appear to be pointless and vindictive,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida today called on the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida to dismiss the remaining charges against Dr. Al-Arian and bring the case to a close.

OLC memo on state and local law enforcement of immigration laws (09/02/2005)


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