USCIS Hit With FOIA Suit Over Citizenship Application Delays

Suzanne Monyak, Law360, Sept. 17, 2018

Several immigrant advocacy groups have accused U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of illegally withholding documents related to the agency’s handling of citizenship applications, claiming the government has not responded to the groups’ Freedom of Information Act request, according to a suit filed in California federal court Monday.

Los Angeles-based nonprofit Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and other advocacy organizations allege that USCIS violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution's due process clause by failing to respond within the statutory time frame[.]

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