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Year: 2011
Wedding
I was at an airport. I couldn’t find my ticket. I didn’t know my airline, let alone my confirmation code. I frantically looked at my clock but couldn’t make out the time. And I seemed to have misplaced my iPhone Read More …
My Top 10 Blogs of 2011
In case you missed some of my “wonderful” (or crappy) writing during this tumultuous year, I’m listing the very best. I went through 30 pages of my blog and rediscovered more reasons to write. Blogging is really a case study Read More …
SB1070 for Muslims (NSEERS) Lands DREAM Act Youth Behind Bars, Deportation Looming
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration terminated NSEERS, a post-9-11 program that targeted and placed non-citizen Muslim men from over 24 countries in deportation proceedings. But the termination provides no relief for thousands of immigrants who face deportation as a Read More …
A Day In Immigration Court
Yesterday, I had my first Master Calendar hearing for my deportation proceedings. Removal or deportation proceedings are not something that will end anytime soon but they don’t really get in the way of my life. Sure, it is a royal Read More …
I feel, therefore I’m free
“The job of being a human is so hard, and it is the only job there is left—though we keep on pretending otherwise.” – Toni Morrison I’m halfway a lawyer and I’ve finally started to feel alive. There is no Read More …