Is The USCIS’ Standard for Afghan Humanitarian Parole Too High?
Yesterday, immigration attorney Greg Siskand opined that most Afghan humanitarian parole cases would be denied because of a lack of evidence indicating that the applicant/s will be specifically targeted by the country’s new government. The program, Siskand states, is “a sham.”
URGENT for journalist followers – @uscis is now expected to DENY most Afghan humanitarian parole cases – more than 30K pending – because they are applying standards most applications won’t meet. Here’s why – 1x
— Greg Siskind (@gsiskind) December 3, 2021
Law360 has picked up Siskand’s story. AILA is also on this issue and has released a Practice Pointer on USCIS Processing of Humanitarian Parole Applications for Afghan Nationals (AILA Doc. No. 21120304).
-KitJ
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