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AFGHAN AND IRAQI ALLIES v. POMPEO et al

  1. September 21, 2023

    Afghan Allies Say Watchdog Rebuke Shows Need For Fast SIVs

    Afghan and Iraqi translators called on a Washington, D.C., federal court to take further steps to speed up their applications for special immigrant visas, citing a federal watchdog's recent rebuke of the government's "piecemeal approach" to SIV processing.

  2. March 15, 2023

    Feds Say DC Court No Longer Has Control Over Ally Visa Plan

    The Biden administration continued its challenge to a D.C. federal court's power to make decisions over a court-ordered plan to hasten special visas for Afghan and Iraqi allies, saying the case had already been brought up to a higher court.

  3. March 10, 2023

    US Allies Say Feds New Visa Plan Flouts Court Order

    Afghan and Iraqi nationals who helped the U.S. military as translators chided the Biden administration's recently revised plan to speedily process their special green cards, telling a D.C. federal court that the proposed changes flout an earlier mandate the court issued.

  4. February 06, 2023

    No Stay While Feds Appeal Plan To Speed Allies' Green Cards

    U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan refused Monday to stay a November decision ordering the Biden administration to devise a new plan to timely process special immigrant visas for a class of Afghan and Iraqi allies while it appeals that order.

  5. December 01, 2022

    Feds Can't End Plan To Speed Green Card Process For Allies

    The federal government must continue with a plan to hasten the processing of green card applications for Afghan and Iraqi allies after a D.C. federal judge ruled that processing delays were still unreasonable despite visa application and inquiry surges.

  6. May 25, 2022

    Feds Ask Court To Nix Deadlines For Allies' Green Card Apps

    The Biden administration asked a D.C. federal court on Tuesday to undo an order to speedily process green card applications for thousands of Afghan and Iraqi translators, saying the plan is no longer feasible due to chaos abroad and bureaucratic dysfunction at home.

  7. May 22, 2020

    Feds, US Allies Agree On New Dates For Green Card Apps

    The federal government and a class of about 10,000 Afghan and Iraqi translators asked a D.C. federal court to approve a plan placing new deadlines for the government to expedite approval of the allies' green card applications.

  8. April 07, 2020

    Afghan, Iraqi Nationals Fight Feds' 4th Bid To Stop Visa Suit

    Foreign nationals who aided the U.S. military have asked a D.C. court to reject the government's latest attempt to sink their visa denial case, asserting that nothing has changed since its last failed bid to decertify the class.

  9. March 24, 2020

    Gov't Looks To Squash Middle East Allies' Visa Class Action

    The government continued its effort to shut down a class action lawsuit from a group of foreign nationals who aided the U.S. military and are seeking visas, telling a federal judge Monday that recent administrative changes in visa policy should void classwide relief.

  10. March 20, 2020

    Afghan, Iraqi Allies Say Gov't 'Brazenly' Ignored Visa Orders

    A class of foreign nationals who aided the U.S. military asked a D.C. federal judge to issue a contempt order against the government, claiming it acted in bad faith by issuing an incomplete plan for processing visa applications.

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