American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Richard Thornburgh

970 F.2d 501 AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE, Arab-American Democratic Federation, Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Irish National Caucus, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard THORNBURGH, * Attorney General; Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, INS, Harold Ezell; Ernest E. Gustafson, District Director, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-55358. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 10, 1990. Decided July 26, 1991. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 20, 1992. Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven Richards Valentine, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Douglas Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Linda S. Wendtland, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. David Cole, Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Paul L. Hoffman, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Carol Sobel, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: POOLE and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and PRO, District Judge. **…