Immigrants' Status Focus of Class Action Lawsuit against the Federal Government

In the wake of Sept. 11, delays in obtaining federal documents are creating hardships for thousands of legal residents, attorneys say. Thousands of legal permanent residents in the U.S. have lost their jobs, ability to work or freedom to travel because the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department have wrongly denied them written proof of their immigration status, according to a lawsuit filed in San Francisco. [more]