Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. v. Nelson

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This action was filed on June 13, 1988 on behalf of the Haitian Refugee Center, the Migration and Refugee Services of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, and seventeen applicants for temporary residence under the Special Agricultural Worker (“SAW”) program provided for in section 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) (codified as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”), Pub.L. No. 99-603, 100 Stat. 3359, 3417 at 8 U.S.C. § 1160 (Supp.1986)). Plaintiffs sought declaratory, mandatory and injunctive relief for themselves…