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A federal immigration judge has granted asylum to a woman, orphaned in Iran and adopted by an American veteran, whom immigration officials threatened with deportation.
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California, United States
Who
Judge Andrew Fishkin, Ms. S, Emily Howe, Department of Homeland Security
What
A federal immigration judge has granted asylum to a woman, orphaned in Iran and adopted by an American veteran, whom immigration officials threatened with deportation.
When
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:45:01 GMT · 5h 21m ago
Where
California, United States ·
Why
The woman, who was adopted from Iran in the 1970s and lived in the U.S. since infancy, was threatened with deportation because she was never naturalized due to bureaucratic loopholes between adoption and immigration law.
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This ruling ends a prolonged ordeal for the woman, highlights the challenges faced by thousands of other international adoptees who were not granted citizenship, and underscores bureaucratic gaps in adoption and immigration law.
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- War & Conflict5h 21m agoA federal immigration judge has granted asylum to a woman orphaned in Iran in the 1970s and adopted by an American war veteran, who immigration officials threatened earlier this year with deportation to the country with which the U.S. is now at war.Open article