Roberto TEFEL, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff/Petitioners,
v.
Janet RENO, Attorney General of the United States; Robert Wallis, District Director; Immigration and Naturalization Service and Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals, Defendant/Respondents.
United States District Court, S.D. Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 24, 1997.
June 24, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ira J. Kurzban, Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Tetzeli, P.A., Miami, FL, Elliot H. Scherker, Oscar Levin, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Ester Olavarria Cruz, Vincente Tome, Rebecca Sharpless, Florida Immigration Advocacy Center, Miami, FL, Mario Martin Lovo, Mario M. Lovo, P.A., Miami, FL, Mary E. Kramer, Law Offices of Mary E. Kramer, Miami, FL, Linda Kelly, St. Thomas Law School, Miami, FL, Mario Louis, Miami, FL, Ernesto Varas, Law Office of Ernesto Varas, Miami, FL, Kari Woodward Carranza, Jeannette Mirabal, Law Offices of Magda Montiel Davis, Miami, FL, Robert L. Boyer, Law Offices of Robert L. Boyer, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.
Dexter A. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, FL, David Bernal, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, F. Franklin Amanat, Nelda C. Reyna, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Ernesto Molina, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Laura M. Friedman, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Florida.
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
Prologue
With the drums of war beating an ever increasing cadence of death, destruction and misery across Central America during the 1980s, refugees, in the tens of thousands, fled their homelands. They came with the hope that a nation renowned throughout the civilized world for justice, fairness and respect for human rights would help them in their time of need.
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