American Friends Service Committee Corporation v. Thornburgh

941 F.2d 808 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,902 AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE CORPORATION; Stephen G. Cary; Teresa Mathis; Aurora Camacho de Schmidt et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard THORNBURGH, Attorney General of the United States; United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-56095. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 8, 1990. Decided Aug. 2, 1991. Carlos Holguin, Nat. Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants. Steven Richards Valentine, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Evan A. Jenness, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae Civil Rights Organizations. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HUG, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The American Friends Service Committee ("AFSC") 1 appeals the district court's dismissal of its suit for injunctive and declaratory relief. AFSC alleges that its free exercise of religion is violated by the "employer sanction" provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act ("IRCA"), 8 U.S.C.…