Shadi “Soph” Heidarifar is a doctoral pupil and educating assistant within the Department of Philosophy on the College of Florida. She’s additionally suing the US Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) for neglecting her asylum case.
Heidarifar, a queer lady, got here to america from Iran and filed for asylum. She writes:
My nation is among the many fewest nations on earth that systematically executes folks (even minors) for his or her sexual orientation and brutally assaults/kills ladies for his or her clothes decisions. My asylum case can be based mostly on the systemic remedy that I personally bought there each as a girl and as a Queer particular person.
She filed for asylum 4 years in the past however, she experiences, “USCIS hasn’t scheduled an interview for my case but.”
Her lawyer suggested her to sue USCIS in a Federal Court docket to schedule an interview. She writes:
The issue, nonetheless, is that this whole course of prices $3000. As a world graduate pupil, I’m in no place to pay this quantity alone. So, I’m asking in your assist to please think about supporting this trigger.
I can’t emphasize sufficient how a lot your assist means to me; it’s actually life-saving! After I first moved to this nation, I used to be capable of finding who I’m due to the wonderful assist I’ve bought, particularly in academia, and with the identical sort of assist, I’m certain we are going to obtain this objective as properly.
You possibly can donate to Heidarifar’s authorized fund here.
