Legal Opinion
Orantes-Hernandez v. Smith
District Court, C.D. California
Decided June 2, 1982No. CV 82-1107-KnPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENYON, District Judge.
This action presents a nationwide challenge to certain practices and procedures allegedly employed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) in the detention, processing, and removal of Salvadoran nationals who have entered the United States. Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and a proposed class numbering in the thousands, claim that they fled political persecution, torture and death in El Salvador in the hope of finding refuge in the United States. Instead, the record before the Court indicates that they have been met with a summary removal process,…
2Cases cited78 opinions
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3Cited by57 opinions
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