Asylum After 16 Years

After more than 16 years, an immigration judge granted humanitarian asylum to a GW Law Immigration Clinic client. Immigration Clinic Paralegal Jonathan Bialosky, JD '10, writes a blog post detailing how the client qualified for "other serious harm" asylum because of past persecution and serious medical conditions. According to Mr. Bialosky, "One doctor wrote a letter stating that sending my client to Sierra Leone was a 'death sentence,' and that he wouldn't last more than a few weeks there." The immigration judge agreed; the merits hearing lasted just 20 minutes.