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USCIS Provides Class Notice on Case Involving Special Immigrant Juveniles Filed After Applicant Turned 18

6/13/19 AILA Doc. No. 19061400. Special Immigrant Juveniles

USCIS provided notice to the class in R.F.M., et al., v. Nielsen, et al. The class involves Special Immigrant Juveniles with applications based on a New York Family Court Special Findings Order issued between their 18th and 21st birthdays. The notice includes next steps.

In June 2018, the Legal Aid Society [of New York City] and co-counsel Latham & Watkins, LLP, filed this class action lawsuit in the federal court of the Southern District of New York challenging USCIS’s policy to deny Special Immigrant Juvenile Status to young people between the ages of 18 and 21. On March 15, 2019, the court issued an opinion and order in R.F.M., certifying the class and finding the Over-18 Denial Policy unlawful. On May 31, 2019, the court granted final declaratory and injunctive relief to the class. For more information about the suit as well as a practice advisory to assist in the representation of class members, visit the Legal Aid Society’s SIJS Litigation page.

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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19061400.

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