The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement agreement in Garcia Perez v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The case is a class action lawsuit involving the federal government’s practices concerning Employment Authorization Documents for applicants for asylum or withholding of removal. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, class members are entitled to new procedures relating to the crediting of time toward eligibility for work authorization.

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