NEW YORK, NY – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an immigrant applicant who claimed the U.S. government unreasonably delayed her immigration case, shutting down the legal challenge brought against top federal officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Ledisia Ujka filed suit in the Southern District of New York seeking relief under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Mandamus Act, alleging that her pending immigration application had been subjected to unlawful delays by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The case, filed earlier this year, named Mayorkas along with Thomas Cioppa, Ur M. Jaddou, and Attorney General Merrick Garland. Ujka argued that the delay in adjudicating her immigration petition was so prolonged it requ

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