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Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
602 Days Later...
Mona Iman, Robyn Barnard, Shala Gafary, Human Rights First, Dec. 22, 2023 "Mohammad is an Afghan citizen of the Hazara ethnic minority and Shi’a religion, who fled Afghanistan after repeated threats to his life following the Taliban’s...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Court Blocks Application of Travel Ban 2.0 to Syrian Family: Doe v. Trump
Reuters, Mar. 11, 2017 - "A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Afghan Soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, Once Detained at Gorder, Granted Asylum
Allison P. Erikson, Military Times, Sept. 12, 2023 "Nearly a year after former Afghan intelligence officer Abdul Wasi Safi was detained at the border between the U.S. and Mexico in Texas, the Justice Department has granted him asylum to live with...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Feds reach settlement to expedite asylum decisions for 20,000 Afghan allies living in US
Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic, Sept. 8, 2023 "The U.S. government has reached a class-action settlement to speed up the asylum process for nearly 20,000 Afghans evacuated to the United States two years ago and who have been waiting for months...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Afghan People Seeking Asylum File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Government Adjudication Delays
NIJC, Apr. 20, 2023 " Kirkland & Ellis LLP and NIJC represent class action of people facing prolonged waits for permanent immigration protection following 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan Afghan people seeking asylum are suing the U.S. government...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Is Congress Failing Afghan Evacuees?
Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, Mar. 29, 2022 "Most Afghan evacuees fled with few, if any, belongings. Some were separated from immediate family members in the chaos. Many remain deeply traumatized. Then there is the larger, looming crisis...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
83,000 Afghans Made It To The US. Now They Need Lawyers
Marco Poggio, Law360, Feb. 6, 2022 "As the frantic withdrawal of American troops and diplomatic personnel unfolded last summer, the U.S. government and allies transported thousands of Afghans fleeing Taliban rule. About 83,000 people have arrived...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Will There Be Justice For Zee?
Randy Evans, June 16, 2021 "Zalmay Niazy, now in his 30s, is not just another of the countless foreign-born people who dream of living, working and raising families in the United States. He is a native of Afghanistan and served our nation during...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Celebrated Afghan Woman Pilot Requests Asylum in U.S.
Margherita Stancati, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 24, 2016 - "As the first female airplane pilot in Afghanistan, Niloofar Rahmani became a powerful symbol of what women could accomplish in the post-Taliban era. But in the ultraconservative country,...
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