If this proposed settlement below is approved, some aliens may be
eligible for Permanent Residency. I will let you know if or when it is
approved.  Thanks

Morro K. Ceesay

323-965-1252



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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION



Notice is hereby given that a settlement of the above-entitled class
action case has been submitted for the Court's approval.

The settlement affects the rights of the following two groups of
immigrants who are entitled to object to the proposed settlement:

A. All persons who are prima facie eligible for legalization under the
1986 IRCA who attempted to file a completed application and application
fee with the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), or a
Qualified Designated Entity ("QDE"), between May 5, 1987, and May 4,
1988, but had the application and fee refused because they had traveled
outside of the United States and returned with a visitor's visa, student
visa, or any other type of visa or travel document.

B. All persons who applied for a work permit under the LULAC/Newman
case, who are otherwise prima facie eligible for legalization under the
1986 IRCA, and visited an INS or QDE office between May 5, 1987, to May
4, 1988, to apply for legalization without a complete application and
fee but were informed by an INS officer or QDE employee that they were
ineligible for legalization because they had traveled outside of the
United States and returned with a visitor's visa, student visa, or any
other type of visa or travel document, or were refused by the INS or its
QDEs legalization forms on account of that travel, and for whom such
information, or inability to obtain the required application forms, was
a substantial cause of their failure to timely file or complete a
written application.

The proposed settlement will allow members of the two groups described
above a period of one year to apply for legalization under the 1986
IRCA. Applicants who appear to be eligible for legalization will also be
entitled to temporary employment authorization. Applications will be
confidential and will not be used to deport applicants who are denied
legalization. The full text of the proposed settlement is available for
review at the Office of the Clerk of the Court, 312 N. Spring Street,
Los Angeles, CA, 90012, or the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional
Law, 256 S. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90057, and at
www.centerforhumanrights.org/NewmanSettlement.pdf.

Class members objecting to the proposed settlement must mail their
written objections on or before December 29, 2003, to: Clerk (Newman
Settlement Objection), United States District Court for the Central
District of California, 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012,
with a copy sent to Peter A. Schey and Carlos Holguin, Center for Human
Rights & Constitutional Law, 256 S. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
90057.

Wm. D. KellerUnited States District Judge

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