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  1. March 24, 2026

    Judge Clears Notice For Screening Program Suit Settlement

    A Washington federal judge signed off on a notice for a class action settlement that would have U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services repeal a program used to review naturalization and green card applications for people deemed to raise national security concerns.

  2. January 21, 2025

    US Told To Justify Citizenship Screening Program And Delays

    A federal judge in Washington state has found a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' program for reviewing immigration applications with potential national security concerns to be "arbitrary and capricious," holding that the agency failed to justify the program's creation or ensure timely processing.

  3. July 19, 2024

    Judge Presses Govt. On Immigrants' Vetting Delays

    A Washington federal judge on Friday pushed the government to defend a special national-security immigration vetting program, suggesting that delays in processing applications have left many people seeking citizenship and green cards in "no man's land."

  4. June 27, 2024

    Expert Testimony Gets Narrowed In Immigrants' Vetting Fight

    A Washington federal judge on Wednesday prohibited some expert testimony offered by both parties in a certified class action alleging that the Biden administration illegally shelved Muslim immigrants' naturalization applications for "extreme vetting."

  5. May 20, 2024

    Biden Admin Can't Escape Immigrants' Selective Vetting Suit

    A group of Muslim immigrants left in limbo while their applications for naturalization undergo indefinite and what they claim is "extreme vetting" are entitled to their day in court, a Washington federal district judge said Monday in rejecting the Biden administration's bid to end the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

  6. November 01, 2023

    Immigrants Argue Extreme Vetting Suit Belongs In Fed. Court

    Immigrants challenging a national security program that they claim keeps Muslims' immigration benefit applications in a vetting purgatory are urging a Washington federal court to keep their lawsuit alive, balking at government assertion that federal immigration law strips the court of jurisdiction over their claims.

  7. September 27, 2023

    Feds Argue Precedent Bars Immigrants' Enhanced-Vetting Suit

    The Biden administration has asked a Washington federal judge to dismiss claims from a class of immigrants who allege that a national security program delays Muslims' benefit applications, arguing that claims related to naturalization are barred by high court precedent.

  8. April 19, 2023

    Immigrants In Vetting Suit Say Feds Denying Benefits Again

    A class of immigrants challenging a national security program that they allege delays benefit applications filed by Muslims urged a judge to schedule arguments for their claims, saying the Biden administration has revived application denials despite having offered a voluntary moratorium.

  9. April 06, 2021

    Immigrants Slam Feds' Bid To Cut Experts In Vetting Suit

    A class of immigrants challenging a national security program that they claim illegally delays Muslims' immigration applications urged a Washington federal judge Monday to reject the government's bid to exclude testimony from three witnesses, saying they are among the foremost experts on the topic offering opinions and not legal conclusions.

  10. January 17, 2020

    Immigrants Win Access To USCIS Data In Vetting Program Suit

    A class of immigrants challenging a national security program that they believe illegally delays immigration applications from Muslims won their bid to take a peek at the internal workings of the vetting process when a Seattle federal judge found that data is directly relevant to the case.