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Client of the Month January 2016- Monique Kagayigayi

January 12, 2016

Our Client of the Month for January 2016 is Monique Kagayigayi. A survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose asylum claim was granted in 2004, Monique just received her green card after more than 10 years...

Abdul Hamid, client of the month, September 2014

September 9, 2014

Our Client of the Month for September 2014 is Abdul Hamid. On July 31, 2014, Mr. Hamid walked out of the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia and tasted freedom for the first time in...

ICE Called Him a Terrorist. We Said He’s Not. We Won.

September 9, 2014

Our Client of the Month for September 2014 is Abdul Hamid. On July 31, 2014, Mr. Hamid walked out of the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia and tasted freedom for the first time in...

New Common Sense Rules on Material Support for Terrorism Bars

February 17, 2014

We have written on this page before about the absurd over-inclusiveness of the ground of inadmissibility for "material support" for terrorism. This net barred Nelson Mandela from entering the U.S. without a waiver until 2008...

Nelson Mandela and the Abuse of the “Terrorist” Designation

December 7, 2013

As accolades from world leaders pour in to remember Nelson Mandela, it is hard to recall that for decades, much of the world accepted the apartheid South African government's designation of Mandela as a terrorist. ...