Evacuees from Afghanistan disembark from a US airforce plane at the Naval Station in Rota, southern Spain on Aug 31, 2021 after the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America's longest war. The Afghan man who speaks only Farsi represented himself in US immigration court, and the judge denied him asylum.
At the conclusion of the nearly three-hour hearing, the judge denied him asylum. Mohammad said he was later shocked to learn that he had waived his right to appeal the decision. The case reflects an asylum seeker who was ill equipped to represent himself and clearly didn’t understand what was happening, according to experts who reviewed the transcript. But at least one former judge disagreed and said the ruling was fair.
In court, the government argued that Mohammad encouraged migration to the US on social media, changed dates and details related to his history, and had relatives in Europe, South America and other places where he could have settled. “You were not hit by the gunshot or the suicide bomber,” John-Baptiste said. “The harm that you received does not rise to the level of persecution.”
Mohammad later told AP he couldn’t comprehend what was happening in court. He’d heard from others in detention that he had a month to appeal.Case reopened
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