Andrew Fishkin

A federal judge granted asylum to a woman adopted by an American veteran from Iran, ending her deportation threat. She faced removal due to bureaucratic issues in adoption and immigration law, living in the U.S. since the 1970s without citizenship.

A federal immigration judge granted asylum to a woman adopted by a U.S. veteran from Iran, ending her deportation threat. The woman, who has lived in the U.S. since the 1970s, was never granted citizenship due to bureaucratic loopholes between adoption and immigration law.