Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas

Case 2:22-cv-01510-ODW-JPR Document Filed 10/26/ Page 1 of Page ID #:475

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ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

13 v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE FIRST ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS et al., AMENDED COMPLAINT [41] Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION This is a putative class action challenging how the U.S. Department of 20 Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service 21 (“USCIS”) handle and process Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) applications. The 22 Plaintiffs are six individuals who submitted applications for SIJ status and six 23 organizations who provide legal and other assistance to such individuals, and the 24 Defendants are Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of DHS; Ur M. Jaddou, Director of 25 USCIS; and USCIS itself. Defendants now move to dismiss the First …