Human Rights First, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Human Rights Watch, and U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Amici Curiae
Steven H. Schulman, Counsel of Record The parties to this amicus brief are human rights organizations, legal services organizations, and refugee resettlement organizations, all of whom work with and/or advocate for refugees. Steven H. Schulman is a partner with the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he specializes in public interest law, including human rights, immigration, and poverty issues. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2008. Theissue in this case is whether a refugee who was forced, by threats of severe…
