Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Amicus Curiae
H. Elizabeth Dallam, Counsel of Record The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950, by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. H. Elizabeth Dallam is a lawyer with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2008. Thelegal grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act at issue here bar anindividual from receiving the…
