h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

We have just received good news than Ani Sonam has been released on parole.
We are waiting to get more details. Sonam's case was the subject of a
January 27 Washington Post article that was picked up for syndication in
many papers. Grace Spring has been a power house on her behalf and deserves
all the credit for bringing Sonam's plight to a national audience.

Sonam is a nun who fled Tibet through Nepal and, with false documents, made
her way to the United States where she was detained and jailed in a facility
outside of Richmond, Virginia. Based on the merits of her case, a federal
immigration judge granted her asylum, but a lawyer for the Department of
Homeland Security appealed the decision.

The final disposition of her case is pending, but lots of public and
congressional interest has been a tremendous help getting to this stage.

az

Fandabidozy!

Matholwch /|\.

Glad I wrote.

hopefully, now that there is jurisprudence, the asylum claimers may be able to defend their rights without local immigration authorities detaining them for long periods of time...