Legal Opinion
Loya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1978No. 75-2826PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
I. Background
On May 23, 1973, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) instituted an “augmented” program in the Los Angeles area to apprehend illegal aliens with a significantly increased number of officers. The program was of limited duration, ending on either June 20 or June 22, 1973. On June 22, 1973, Loya and several others of Mexican ancestry filed suit in the district court against the INS and named INS officials, alleging that INS officers had used illegal “dragnet” tactics and had stopped and detained over 11,000 persons solely on the basis of…
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