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Assalamu'alaykum John,
The cases that involve unfair levels of scrutiny during the immigration
process are particularly emotional for us because they often result in
prolonged suffering for families and communities, especially when they
keep loved ones apart.
These sorts of cases cover issues such as people being placed on the "no
fly list," the use of special codes on airline boarding passes that
trigger burdensome searches and detentions, or at their very worst,
bureaucratic abuses that leave individuals in limbo for months, or
sometimes years, as they wait to be granted visas or citizenship.
In one such case, it took over 20 years of legal struggle, involving
multiple lawyers, before one man was finally allowed to take his oath of
allegiance and become a US citizen.
The man in question, Imam Sait Zekiri, was no stranger to difficulty and
upheaval in his life: he'd grown up in Macedonia during a time of
great political unrest, a situation that ultimately resulted in his
homeland ceasing to exist. After years of difficulty, he didn't
anticipate that his greatest struggle might be against a legal system
that had no reason not to grant him citizenship, especially because his
wife was herself already a US citizen.
He fought the system alone for over a decade before turning to the
Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America (CLCMA), who helped him
counter the many arbitrary obstructions that were drummed up by
immigration services.
**PLEASE JOIN WITH US IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE**
With Gratitude,
Arshia Ali-Khan,
Interim CEO & Chief Development Officer
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