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14 San Diego L. Rev. 42 (1976-1977)
The Nonpriority Program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Goes Public: The Litigative Use of the Freedom of Information Act

handle is hein.journals/sanlr14 and id is 52 raw text is: The Nonpriority Program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Goes Public: The Litigative Use of the Freedom of Information Act * LEON WILDES** Had it not been for a certain rock musician and former Beatle named John Lennon, an article on the nonpriority program might never have been written. The research required a plaintiff willing to patiently await the outcome of numerous administrative requests for information and then to pursue a suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).1 The entire program was so shrouded in secrecy that a former District Director of the Immigration and * The statistical study of the Immigration Service's nonpriority pro- gram was previously published. Wildes, The NonprioritV Program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service-A Measure of the Attorney Gen- era's Concern for Aliens, 53 INTERPRn'r RELEASES 25 (1976). ** Leon Wildes, B.A., Yeshiva University; J.D. & LL.M., New York Uni- versity School of Law; New York immigration attorney; past president of the National Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers. He rep- resented John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their five-year long battle with the Immigration Service. The author wishes to acknowledge the contribu- tion of Mr. David Grunblatt, a student at New York University Law School, who assisted in the preparation of this article. 1. 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1974).

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