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HUSSAM F. v. SESSIONS

No. 17-3641.

897 F.3d 707 (2018)

HUSSAM F., Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS, III, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sehla Ashai , CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CENTER FOR MUSLIMS IN AMERICA, Richardson, Texas, for Petitioner. Jessica D. Strokus , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Sehla Ashai , Kristine Cruz , Pei Yu , CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CENTER FOR MUSLIMS IN AMERICA, Richardson, Texas, for Petitioner. Jessica D. Strokus , Anthony C. Payne , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

The court delivered a PER CURIAM opinion in which ROGERS, J., joined in Parts I, II.A, and II.B. ROGERS, J. (pp. 726-29), delivered a separate opinion dissenting from Parts II.C and II.D. of the majority opinion.

OPINION

Four years ago, Petitioner came to the United States on a K-1 fiancé visa, using a Syrian passport. Although he was a Syrian citizen, his family had fled Syria decades ago to escape persecution. Petitioner therefore had difficulty obtaining a passport from a Syrian consulate in the usual manner, and he instead relied...

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