Discriminatory Profiling
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al
The 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to stop attempts to suspend resettlement of Syrian refugees, claiming the governor鈥檚 actions violate the United States Constitution and federal law.
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California
Oct 2023
Discriminatory Profiling
Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications
The 桃子视频and its affiliates in Southern California and Washington, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, and Perkins Coie LLP filed a class action lawsuit in January 2017 challenging a federal government program used to deny or indefinitely delay thousands of law-abiding people鈥攎any of them from Muslim-majority countries鈥攆rom becoming citizens or lawful residents due to unspecified 鈥渘ational security concerns.鈥
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California
Oct 2023
Discriminatory Profiling
Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications
The 桃子视频and its affiliates in Southern California and Washington, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, and Perkins Coie LLP filed a class action lawsuit in January 2017 challenging a federal government program used to deny or indefinitely delay thousands of law-abiding people鈥攎any of them from Muslim-majority countries鈥攆rom becoming citizens or lawful residents due to unspecified 鈥渘ational security concerns.鈥
Court Case
May 2023
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Xi v. United States 鈥 Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance
The 桃子视频represents Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-American physics professor at Temple University, who is suing the government over its dismissed prosecution of him for supposedly sharing sensitive technology with scientists in China. The lawsuit, filed in 2017, challenges the FBI鈥檚 baseless arrest of Xi and it surveillance methods as well as its discriminatory targeting of Chinese-American scientists.
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Court Case
May 2023
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Xi v. United States 鈥 Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance
The 桃子视频represents Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-American physics professor at Temple University, who is suing the government over its dismissed prosecution of him for supposedly sharing sensitive technology with scientists in China. The lawsuit, filed in 2017, challenges the FBI鈥檚 baseless arrest of Xi and it surveillance methods as well as its discriminatory targeting of Chinese-American scientists.
Court Case
Dec 2022
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Sherry Chen v. United States
In October 2021, the 桃子视频joined the legal team representing Sherry Chen, an award-winning Chinese American scientist who was wrongfully investigated, prosecuted, and terminated from her job as a hydrologist with the National Weather Service. The government accused Ms. Chen of unlawfully downloading sensitive government data and falsely portrayed her as a spy for China. On the eve of trial, the Justice Department dropped all charges against her. In 2019, Ms. Chen filed a federal lawsuit against the United States, seeking accountability for the government鈥檚 misconduct. In December 2022, Ms. Chen reached a historic settlement of her federal lawsuit and a separate case before the Merit Systems Protection Board, an agency that hears claims from federal employees. The settlement, one of the largest paid to an individual plaintiff in Commerce Department history, includes compensation valued at approximately $1.8 million.
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Court Case
Dec 2022
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Sherry Chen v. United States
In October 2021, the 桃子视频joined the legal team representing Sherry Chen, an award-winning Chinese American scientist who was wrongfully investigated, prosecuted, and terminated from her job as a hydrologist with the National Weather Service. The government accused Ms. Chen of unlawfully downloading sensitive government data and falsely portrayed her as a spy for China. On the eve of trial, the Justice Department dropped all charges against her. In 2019, Ms. Chen filed a federal lawsuit against the United States, seeking accountability for the government鈥檚 misconduct. In December 2022, Ms. Chen reached a historic settlement of her federal lawsuit and a separate case before the Merit Systems Protection Board, an agency that hears claims from federal employees. The settlement, one of the largest paid to an individual plaintiff in Commerce Department history, includes compensation valued at approximately $1.8 million.
California
Apr 2021
Discriminatory Profiling
Kashem, et al. v. Barr, et al. - 桃子视频Challenge to Government No Fly List
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California
Apr 2021
Discriminatory Profiling
Kashem, et al. v. Barr, et al. - 桃子视频Challenge to Government No Fly List
Court Case
Apr 2019
Discriminatory Profiling
Zainab M.
Zainab M. is an author, journalist, and CEO. For years, she endured intrusive searches, detention, and questioning every time she traveled by air or reentered the United States from abroad. The government鈥檚 harassment and abuse of Zainab suggest that she has been targeted for additional scrutiny because of her religion or her work as a writer.
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Court Case
Apr 2019
Discriminatory Profiling
Zainab M.
Zainab M. is an author, journalist, and CEO. For years, she endured intrusive searches, detention, and questioning every time she traveled by air or reentered the United States from abroad. The government鈥檚 harassment and abuse of Zainab suggest that she has been targeted for additional scrutiny because of her religion or her work as a writer.