Zahra Billoo

Zahra Billoo @ZahraBilloo

RT @imraansiddiqi: Gotta always protect the snowflakes. https://t.co/GXMQXFgxv8 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JulianGABC7: TODAY: We're expecting Governor @GavinNewsom to tell us more about "phase 2" of California's re-opening that could begin a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DrRaniaAwaad: Charity is not just for those who are rich nor is it meant to be given only when times are easy. Charity is not only giv… — PolitiTweet.org

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The @CAIRSFBA team is fierce and yet really cool too. JazakaAllah khair to everyone who makes our work possible. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anastasiakeeley: A convenient consequence of the Tara Reade accusation is that while she’s being both smeared and defended, we’ve stopp… — PolitiTweet.org

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I wish I had something more to offer. At the very least, if you, like me, are grieving, please email the stakeholders in this case to urge justice for Ahmaud. https://t.co/skAuhpER2s — PolitiTweet.org

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Still, there’s also an anger it gives rise to. Ahmaud was not the first Black man to be lynched by murderers who now roam free. Quite the opposite in fact, our nation’s soil is drenched in the blood of many, many Black men martyred before him. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve been reading about Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching for days. However, I can’t move myself to watch the recently leaked video. There’s relief in the outrage now spreading like wildfire. There’s a catharsis in knowing so many of us are grieving together. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m tired of being tired. Between personal grief and communal grief, there is so much heartbreak. Do you ever feel torn by extremes, both feeling too much and being too numb to feel anything? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CAIRSFBA: Through a well-coordinated media campaign, Fatima’s story received top-tier media attention from over a dozen national and in… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SaadSweilem: Ahmaud Arbery was killed in February. His killers still haven’t been arrested. Here are some things my indigent clients o… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChangeLawyers: #PostBar ChangeLawyers Fellowship hosted at @CAIRSFBA: 8 weeks fellowship. Perfect for law graduates awaiting bar result… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AbdelRahmanM: We believe there is a day where #AhmaudArbery will be asked by God “for what reason were you killed?” with the answer of… — PolitiTweet.org

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When you’re donating this Ramadan, remember our brothers and sisters who came to the US seeking a better life and for whom your donation can InshaAllah make that possible. — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s the type of service we provided in nearly 300 immigration matters last year and why we have grown that team this year. — PolitiTweet.org

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The legal services we provided, for free, in a compassionate, culturally competent way, were worth upwards of $2,000 if obtained through a private attorney. — PolitiTweet.org

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While $1,200 stimulus checks may not seem like a lot to some people, in this person’s case it was life altering. That’s why our staff are now helping people track down their payments. — PolitiTweet.org

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The application is with USCIS now and their life can move forward. They can look for a new job, hopefully one which will provide a livable Bay Area wage. — PolitiTweet.org

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Then the pandemic hit. Alhamdulillah they got a stimulus check! It was exactly how much was needed. We moved quickly to file their green card application, within one week, to ensure they could renew their work authorization. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just recently though both their California ID and work authorization were set to expire. They could not renew one without the other or an additional form of ID, which they did not have. — PolitiTweet.org

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Our attorneys represented them for free but they did not have the money for the application and so would fall out of touch with us for months on end. — PolitiTweet.org

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You see, they work a minimum wage job and their annual income is less than $32,000. Imagine how much they bring home each month, and then consider that lawyers’s fees can run upwards of $2,000 for this and the green card application itself costs more than $1,200. — PolitiTweet.org

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We were contacted at @cairsfba by a young person who had come to the US a few years ago, as an unaccompanied minor. They’d been in touch with us for sometime but had been slow to pursue their green card. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you needed $1,200, would you have it or could you borrow it from family or friends? — PolitiTweet.org

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Sign the Petition. Demand Justice for Ahmaud https://t.co/skAuhpER2s — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shaunking: What this post from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations says is that the local police department NEVER asked for help inves… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TahanieNYC: District Attorney in #AhmaudArbery murder said it was justified b/c he assessed Ahmaud’s “dangerousness“ to explain his app… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MuslimMatters: One From the History Books Sometimes you read a story (casually, not knowing what to expect), only to have that story ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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If you needed $1,200, would you have it or could you borrow it from family or friends? — PolitiTweet.org