Legal Opinion
Ortiz v. Meissner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1999No. Nos. 98-16471, 98-16472PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs are all aliens who have been administratively denied legalization under one of two amnesty programs established by Congress in 1986. The first program is for “special agricultural workers” (“SAWs”), 8 U.S.C. § 1160, and the second program is for aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1982, 8 U.S.C. § 1255a. The programs contain parallel provisions that allow persons who file a non-frivolous or prima facie legalization application to receive authorization to work in this country pending a “final determination” on their legalization…
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