Overview
- The immigration judge delayed the March 4 hearing to later next month and ruled she does not need to appear in person.
- Homeland Security ordered her to appear for removal proceedings in California, citing a 1974 visa overstay recorded when she was four.
- Adopted from an Iranian orphanage in 1972 by a U.S. veteran, she returned to America in 1973 and her adoption was finalized in 1975.
- She has no criminal record and has sought to resolve her status for years, with DHS aware of her case since at least 2008.
- Advocates warn deportation to Iran poses grave risks for Christians, while Congress has yet to pass a retroactive fix for older adoptees; Rep. Young Kim’s office said it could not intervene.