No Asylum for African Tied to Terrorist Group
No Asylum for African Tied to Terrorist Group
(CN) - An African native who claimed ignorance of his organization's terrorism must be removed from the United States, the 7th Circuit ruled.
FH-T joined the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in 1982 at the age of 15. At the time, Eritrea was involved in a 30-year war for independence from Ethiopia, which it ultimately obtained.
After the war, the front became the ruling and only political party in the country with a government that required all of its citizens to work for it.
FH-T was thrown in jail for five months after he voiced his opposition to the so-called "National Service." After he lost 30 pounds behind bars, he was released and escaped to the United States. The Eritrean government meanwhile arrested FH-T's father and sister.
Citing FH-T's past support for the liberation front, which it lists as a Tier III terrorist organization, a U.S. immigration judge denied the man asylum. The immigration judge ruled that FH-T did not prove ignorance of the terrorist activities.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/25/59706.htm