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Hassan Ahmad
@HMAesq
Immigration lawyer & advocate. VA Office of New Americans Adv Board. Former: Candidate VA HD87, @TheVAAB, DEI Commission. Prosperity is a human right. 🇺🇲🇵🇰
Virginia, USA
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Joined August 2015
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Sep 16, 2023
    #TantonPapers Update: HUGE WIN! As many of you know, 7 years ago I filed a FOIA to unseal the papers of John Tanton, the founder of the modern anti-immigrant movement. His organizations have been behind every draconian immigration policy for the last 40 years. We won!!
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jun 14, 2018
    Say it with me: Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
    I've debated whether to share what happened the night I went back to Dulles Airport to help two travelers arriving from Iran who were detained for nearly 7 hours. Retaliation is certainly something I've considered as an immigration lawyer, but these days it just seems so real.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Aug 30, 2018
    I'm an immigration lawyer. If a US citizen asked me whether they should carry around their US passport, I can no longer in good faith tell them they don't have to.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jun 16, 2018
    Say this with me now: Seeking asylum is a human right. Seeking asylum is a human right. Seeking asylum is a human right. Seeking asylum is a human right. Seeking asylum is a human right. Seeking asylum is a human right. Seeking asylum is a human right.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
    Replying to @HMAesq
    I'm an immigration lawyer who is also Muslim. This was very personal. To see my own country whose Constitution I swore an oath to uphold as a lawyer trample over the law with a tank: No. We're going to be better.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
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    I continued to argue points of law, and finally one officer said, "we're not going to argue points of law with you, you clearly know it." That was the smartest thing I heard them say all night.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Aug 8, 2019
    I'm not going to share the videos of crying children from the #MississippiRaids. As an immigration lawyer, I've seen plenty of real life tears. If it's new to you, welcome to the trenches of America. Get mad, stay mad, and act.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 25, 2018
    "Why don't they just come legally?" A HYPOTHETICAL CASE STUDY 35 year old Dreamer, #DACA expiring Mar 2018. Came to US with parents at age 4. No criminal record. Never left US.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Mar 8, 2021
    Officer at this morning's green card interview: "Have you ever advocated the overthrow of a government by force or violence?" Client: (through translator): "???" Officer: "You know, like what happened on Jan 6?" Client: "Oooooh. No, never!"
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
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    They had already completed several hours of interrogation with no access to counsel. When I got there, my forms were handed back to me, dishonored. CBP said the US Supreme Court ruled they weren't valid. There is no such ruling. CBP lie #1. But I'm just getting started.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
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    I faxed over entry of appearance forms to CBP. For one client who had a green card, ok. But I had to file another one for the second client, who was a US citizen. They detained him anyway. A United States citizen. He wasn't of Iranian heritage.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
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    Why? I had quoted the law (INA 101(a)(13)(C)) in my fax, specifically noting a GC holder cannot be regarded as seeking admission. They said he was because he wasn't coming in from a contiguous land border. CBP lie #2. The law doesn't say this at all.
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    Hassan Ahmad
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    Jan 26, 2020
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    I corrected them, and reminded them the appearance form had a box to check for CBP. "Oh, that was just recently added for the border tent courts." CBP lie #3. The box has been on the form for years.