· National Immigrant Justice Center · By Author not listed · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
The National Immigrant Justice Center criticized the federal government for continuing to hold asylum seekers in penal conditions and failing to connect them with lawyers. The release quotes Shahid Haque, then a Jenner & Block attorney, describing how months in detention damaged a Togolese client's health and made it harder for him to recall the details needed at his asylum hearing.
This 2007 release records Shahid's early pro bono asylum work in Chicago.