limitations imposed by the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Amendments. national security issues represent the largest share of the workload. Branch’s Examples of the national security work include defending policies designed to detain suspected terrorists, limiting terrorism funding, protecting classified information, and ensuring safe air travel. The Branch devotes substantial resources to the defense of federal programs and statutes. Counter terrorism lawsuits; New statutes presenting novel and complex issues; Regulatory disputes under the Medicare program; Responding to lawsuits that challenge educational or agricultural programs affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans; Employment litigation for the Federal Government - largest employer; nation’s Protecting the Federal authority to determine the laws and Government’s constitutional regulations that affect the entire country, such as immigration law. Challenges the provisions of benefit programs, namely social security. One specific example is the case of American Council of the Blind v. Geithner. Plaintiffs’ argued that because there is no way for visually impaired people to determine the value paper currency, the U.S. Treasury is violating a federal law designed to prevent discrimination. The arguments led to a successful ruling that will help visually impaired citizens while also Branch’s ensuring that the Federal Government does not have to pay billions of dollars to redesign and reissue paper currency. The Branch also handles actions related to claims for benefits. One set of cases veterans’ involves how one-time benefits are paid to World War II veterans who fought in certain units of the Philippine military. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awards the benefit to loyal people who belonged to the relevant military units. Many people sued VA alleging the Government only gave the benefit to people whose names were on an inaccurate Government list. The Branch has obtained dismissal of one case, and the other case remains pending in district court. Office of Immigration Litigation The Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) is organized into two sections the Appellate – Section and the District Court Section. Appellate Section The Section is responsible for defending the interests of the United States in cases involving undocumented aliens seeking to avoid or defer removal or expulsion from the United States. These cases involve petitions for review filed by non-citizens in the federal appellate courts, a right to judicial review conferred by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended. The caseload is entirely defensive in nature, and is tied to the enforcement Office’s efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through its Immigration and Customs Enforcement component, which initiates administrative removal actions against individuals
limitations imposed by the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Amendments. national security issues represent the largest share of the Branch’s workload. Examples of the national security work include defending policies designed to detain suspected terrorists, limiting terrorism funding, protecting classified information, and ensuring safe air travel. The Branch devotes substantial resources to the defense of federal programs and statutes. Counter terrorism lawsuits; New statutes presenting novel and complex issues; Regulatory disputes under the Medicare program; Responding to lawsuits that challenge educational or agricultural programs affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans; Employment litigation for the Federal Government - nation’s largest employer; Protecting the Federal Government’s constitutional authority to determine the laws and regulations that affect the entire country, such as immigration law. Challenges the provisions of benefit programs, namely social security. One specific example is the case of American Council of the Blind v. Geithner. Plaintiffs’ argued that because there is no way for visually impaired people to determine the value paper currency, the U.S. Treasury is violating a federal law designed to prevent discrimination. The Branch’s arguments led to a successful ruling that will help visually impaired citizens while also ensuring that the Federal Government does not have to pay billions of dollars to redesign and reissue paper currency. The Branch also handles actions related to claims for veterans’ benefits. One set of cases involves how one-time benefits are paid to World War II veterans who fought in certain units of the Philippine military. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awards the benefit to loyal people who belonged to the relevant military units. Many people sued VA alleging the Government only gave the benefit to people whose names were on an inaccurate Government list. The Branch has obtained dismissal of one case, and the other case remains pending in district court. Office of Immigration Litigation The Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) is organized into two sections – the Appellate Section and the District Court Section. Appellate Section The Section is responsible for defending the interests of the United States in cases involving undocumented aliens seeking to avoid or defer removal or expulsion from the United States. These cases involve petitions for review filed by non-citizens in the federal appellate courts, a right to judicial review conferred by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended. The Office’s caseload is entirely defensive in nature, and is tied to the enforcement efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through its Immigration and Customs Enforcement component, which initiates administrative removal actions against individuals
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