Here are two more cases filed by our Immigration Legal Services team that have won asylee status for people who came here as parolees from Afghanistan. Asylee status secures their right to remain in America.
Azizah worked with USAID for several years training local women in agriculture and farming, and as a result became a target of the Taliban for having helped the United States. Her brother was part of the Afghan National Army (he fled to Iran), and her sister and her sister’s husband worked with NATO (fled to Germany). Both associations also placing her at risk. And finally, she is Hazara and fears harm by the Taliban because of their historical persecution of her ethnic group. She was evacuated to the United States in September 2021. ILS (Rebecca) filed her asylum application in late January, she traveled to Chicago for interview in early March, and on June 28, she was granted asylum.
Abdul is Christian and worked as a clerk for the NATO Provincial Reconstruction Team in Feyzabad. He was evacuated to the United States in October 2021. ILS (Rebecca) filed his asylum application in early March, he traveled to Chicago for interview in mid-April, and on July 6, he was granted asylum.