Nadia Habib is a junior honor student majoring in psychology at Stony Brook University in New York. She is supposed to be deported tomorrow, September 29, at 11:oo am with her mother, Nazmin Habib, back to Bangladesh.
Nadia came to the US when she was 20 months old with her mother. Her Bangladeshi father drives a cab in Queens and has a green card; she has three younger siblings who were all born in the US. It was only in her senior year at Bronx High School of Science that Nadia learned she was undocumented. Nazmin Habib has been trying for the past decade to reopen their asylum case, to no avail: On September 10, they received a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement saying that will be deported.
We, the undersigned, ask that Nadia and Nazmin Habib not be deported to Bangladesh on September 29, 2011, and have their asylum case reviewed.
Nadia Habib is a junior
honor student majoring in psychology at Stony Brook University in New York. She is supposed to be deported tomorrow, September 29, at 11:oo am with her mother, Nazmin Habib, back to Bangladesh.
Nadia came to the US when she was 20 months old with her mother. Her Bangladeshi father drives a cab in Queens and has a green card; she has three younger siblings who were all born in the US. It was only in her senior year at Bronx High School of Science that Nadia learned she was undocumented. Nazmin Habib has been trying for the past decade to reopen their asylum case, to no avail: On September 10, they received a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement saying that will be deported. Under the DREAM Act -- under which students in Nadia's exact case -- she and her mother would be able to stay in the US.
Nadia Habib is exactly the sort of young person who is already and who will make a contribution to this country. Please allow Nadia and her mother to remain in the US.
