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01/10/08
In February 2005, Associate Daniel Blynn successfully represented, pro bono, a national of the Central African Republic ("CAR"), Africa in his application for asylum before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security. Both the client and his family were subject to persecution in the CAR including due to their tribal ethnicity and political opposition to the practices of the CAR's ruling party. The client arrived in the United States in May 2000 in order to participate in military training, but failed to return to the CAR after his courses were complete. He has not returned to the CAR since. The client's family went into hiding when he left the CAR, fearing torture and death at the hands of the CAR's ruling party.
After obtaining asylum for the client, Mr. Blynn went to work applying for derivative asylum for the client's family, which would allow them to migrate lawfully to the United States. In December 2007, after more than two years of effort, including production of affidavits, lengthy applications, and numerous correspondences with the United States embassies in Africa, Mr. Blynn was able to reunite the client with his family in the United States. They had not seen each other in more than seven years.
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Bio of Involved Attorney:
Daniel S. Blynn, Associate
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