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AFGHAN AND IRAQI ALLIES v. POMPEO et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:18-cv-01388

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Tanya S. Chutkan

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. March 03, 2020

    Afghan, Iraqi Allies Say Gov't Can't Further Delay Visa Plan

    A class of foreign nationals who aided the U.S. military slammed the government's request to postpone a plan for processing already delayed visa applications, saying the government should have considered sooner how to tackle its upcoming Thursday deadline.

  7. February 06, 2020

    Afghan, Iraqi Nationals Nab Cert. In Visa Delay Suit

    A D.C. judge determined that five foreign nationals who aided the U.S. military can pursue claims their visas were delayed as a class, saying the immigrants convincingly showed that litigating their cases individually would be inefficient and costly.

  8. September 23, 2019

    Feds Too Slow On Visas For Those Who Aided Troops: Judge

    The Trump administration failed to meet congressionally mandated deadlines for processing visa applications for a class of Afghan and Iraqi citizens who helped U.S. troops, a D.C. federal court has ruled.

  9. April 12, 2019

    Gov't Must Provide Info In Afghan, Iraqi Visa Holdup Suit

    The U.S. Department of State must provide information on visa application milestones to a class of Afghan and Iraqi citizens who claim their special immigration visa applications have been wrongly delayed, a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the dates on which those milestones were reached is not protected data.

  10. January 31, 2019

    Afghan, Iraqi Allies Can Proceed In Suit Over Visa Holdup

    A group of Afghan and Iraqi citizens who aided U.S. troops can proceed in their putative class action alleging the federal government has dragged out the approval of special immigrant visas meant to keep such individuals safe from reprisals, a D.C. federal judge held Wednesday.