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Lawsuit

In April 2022, BU Faculty Julie Dahlstrom and Heba Gowayed filed a lawsuit seeking records withheld by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services about the adjudication of T visa applications.

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Pleadings

  • Complaint for Declaratory Relief & Attachments
  • Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction
  • Plaintiff’s Request for Hearing on Motion for Prelim Injunction
  • Defendant’s Response to Plaintiff’s Motion for Hearing on Prelim Injunction
  • Defendant’s Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction
  • Plaintiff’s Motion for a Hearing
  • DHS Answer
  • Notice of Plaintiff’s Memorandum Limiting Issues to be Heard at Hearing
  • DHS Response to Plaintiffs Memorandum
  • Notice of filing of Exhibit 9 re Plaintiff’s Memornadum Limiting Issues to be Heard
  • Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment
  • Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment
  • Docket as of 09-06-2022

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FOIA Requests

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  • 08.21.2020
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Immigrants' Rights & Human Trafficking Program

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New Report


Read a new report sharing the results of a survey of legal advocates on the ground working with T visa applicants and data obtained through Freedom of Information Act litigation with the US Department of Homeland Security.

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