U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ran afoul of Administrative Procedure Act safeguards when it denied special status to several young immigrants in New York, U.S. District Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York ruled.
Koeltl granted summary judgment to the class of plaintiffs, all of whom were determined by New York state family courts to have been abused or neglected by their parents, but were subsequently denied special immigration juvenile status by DHS’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
