Diaz v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

ORDER

KARLTON, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by a group of aliens, primarily from Central America, who seek permission to work in the United States pending resolution of their applications for political asylum. A class was certified in Diaz v. INS, No. 83-436-LKK, slip op. at (E.D.Cal. March 20, 1986). Three sub-classes are represented by plaintiffs: (1) all asylum applicants who have requested work authorization pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 109.1(b)(2) (1986) or 8 C.F.R. § 208.4 (1986), and have had, or will have, their requests denied by the San Francisco District of the Immigration and…