· Helena Independent Record · By Angela Brandt · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
The Helena Independent Record profiles Shahid Haque after the ACLU of Montana unanimously selected him for the Jeannette Rankin Civil Liberties Award. The article traces his work from law-school asylum cases to helping roughly 1,500 immigrants through Border Crossing Law Firm, and describes the legal, emotional, and personal support he gave clients in an increasingly difficult political climate.
This profile marks a point when Shahid's work had become part of Montana's public life. The award honored courtroom results, but the article also recognizes the less visible burden of accompanying families through years of uncertainty and listening when they had nowhere else to turn.