· Helena Independent Record · By John Harrington · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
The Helena Independent Record profiles Shahid and the young Border Crossing Law Firm as he prepares to receive Montana's Neil Haight Pro Bono Award. The article covers his path to Helena, his asylum victories, the diversity of Montana's immigrant families, and his growing role in state legislative and human-rights advocacy.
Published in 2009, the profile captures the firm at an early turning point: a new statewide immigration practice was becoming both a legal resource for mixed-status families and a public voice in Montana policy debates.