Shafici from Somalia wins asylum!

Shafici was a nurse in Somalia who was forcibly recruited by the Somalian militant group Al Shabab. He was targeted because he was a nurse who could provide medical care to injured soldiers. 

After refusing to join, Shafici was kidnapped and beaten for three days. Against long odds, he escaped and fled to the US / Mexico border. After requesting asylum, he was imprisoned in a detention center. 

CIJF provided funds for immigration attorney Elizabeth Lopez to take Shafici’s case. He won his case and is now living as a free man in the United States.