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B.L.R et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al

  1. June 16, 2025

    Feds Say U-Visa Seekers' Class Action Is Moot

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services urged a judge not to certify a class claiming unreasonable delays in processing visas for immigrant victims of crime, saying the named plaintiffs' applications for work authorization have already been resolved.

  2. April 21, 2025

    U-Visa Seekers Push For Class Cert. In Processing Delays Suit

    U-visa petitioners suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over alleged unreasonable delays of processing their work authorizations sought class certification Friday, a few months after a Michigan federal judge revived the claims.

  3. January 02, 2025

    Mich. Judge Revives U-Visa Seekers' Suit Over Delays

    Courts can't compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to issue work authorizations, but can consider the reasonableness of its processing delays, a Michigan federal judge said Thursday, reversing her dismissal of a proposed class action brought by U-visa petitioners.

  4. October 01, 2024

    Mich. Court Says It Can't Force Gov't To Speed Up U-Visas

    A Michigan federal judge dismissed a proposed class action from U-visa petitioners who sued over government processing delays, saying federal courts lack power to force the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process visas in a required time frame.

  5. May 20, 2024

    U-Visa Decisions Take Minutes, Not Years, Immigrants Say

    Immigrants alleging delayed processing of their U-visa applications have rebuffed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's efforts to dismiss their proposed class action, urging a Michigan federal court to order the agency to issue decisions they say take only a few minutes, not years.

  6. April 15, 2024

    Gov't Says Mich. Court Lacks Authority Over U-Visa Delay Suit

    The federal government on Friday urged a Michigan federal court to toss a proposed class action alleging unreasonable decision delays in U-visa petitions, saying the court wouldn't be able to cure the visa-seeking plaintiffs' alleged harm of being unable to work.

  7. February 13, 2024

    Immigrants Seek To Certify Class Of 170,000 With Visa Delays

    A group of immigrants asked a Michigan federal judge Monday to certify a class of more than 170,000 immigrants accusing the government of mishandling its program of distributing so-called U-visas to immigrant victims of crime, arguing that the court can resolve their allegations of unreasonable delays on a classwide basis.