Zahra Billoo

Zahra Billoo @ZahraBilloo

Alhamdulillah, they are now spending their first #Ramadan together in the U.S.! A private attorney would have charged $10,000-$15,000 for the work our lawyers did for free. — PolitiTweet.org

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Less than three months after we filed the lawsuit, the State Department began issuing travel documents for his wife and children. The family members were finally reunited in the U.S. this month after being apart for nearly three years since they fled #Syria. — PolitiTweet.org

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His Congressional representative made repeated inquiries about the family’s case with the consulate and State Department but was told nothing could be done. So, in February 2019, we filed a lawsuit on their behalf. — PolitiTweet.org

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Though some of his children were issued travel documents and were able to join him in the U.S. in 2018, his wife and remaining children were stuck overseas awaiting resolution of their administrative processing. — PolitiTweet.org

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In this case, we were contacted by a Syrian man at the end of 2018. He was granted asylum in the U.S. in 2016 and petitioned for his wife and children to join him. His wife and children were interviewed at a U.S. consulate in May 2017 but were placed in administrative processing. — PolitiTweet.org

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These are the types of complaints we receive and cases we work on at @CAIRSFBA. — PolitiTweet.org

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Could you imagine safely escaping #Syria, being granted #asylum in the US, and then having your family delayed in our immigration system, separating you from them for nearly three years for no reason? 🤯🤬😭 — PolitiTweet.org

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The blessed nights are fleeting. Please keep me in your duas during this final part of #Ramadan. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lsarsour: “If we had confidence the President did not commit a crime, we would have said so." ~Robert Mueller. Marinate on that. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ladies! @CAIRSFBA & @the_wing are teaming up to host #iftar in #SF (115 Sansome St., Ste. 200) tomorrow. If you haven’t heard of The Wing, it’s a cool network of community & work spaces designed for women. 💕✊🏽 The event is free, but you must RSVP. Email us at [email protected]. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anirvan: "But when the rolls opened on AB392, which would make it harder for police to legally justify killing a civilian, the tally wa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LucyFlores: We still live in a culture where some men don’t understand why telling a female, especially a young one, that they are “as… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TatianaYSanchez: I love a good success story! Excited to share my feature on New Latthivongskorn ⁦@anydoubleyou⁩, who made history as t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Ameen! 🤲🏽 — PolitiTweet.org

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World's smallest surviving baby heads home from California hospital https://t.co/kFijG5StVf via @abc7newsbayarea — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you for your bold leadership and continued support, @LeviStraussCo! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WideAsleepNima: A kinder, gentler, shinier apartheid. https://t.co/S9KEWLRSGH — PolitiTweet.org

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For me to go up and down the coast, coast to coast, and continue to do it well, therapy is something I choose to do preventatively and on an ongoing basis. — PolitiTweet.org

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In order for me to do the same, therapy can’t just be something I do when I’m trying to make it through the four consecutive hardest days of my life. — PolitiTweet.org

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My car lasted well beyond its life expectancy, driving up and down the coast for years and then even coast to coast, because of preventative care. — PolitiTweet.org

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So I continue to lean in on my religious practice, praying five times, reading Quran, and doing the best I can each day, I seek out and rely on positive and productive friendships, globe trotting and shopping to my budget’s maximum capacity, and I go to therapy regularly. — PolitiTweet.org

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... people several times a week about incredibly traumatic things, have the “best” luck on @minder_app and @muzmatch, and well, I could go on. I’d like to think I’m holding my own at much of it, but it’s not my place to say. — PolitiTweet.org

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Even when things aren’t unwell, I live in the most expensive region in the country, far away from any blood relatives, run and must fundraise to sustain the largest millennial Muslim woman of color led civil rights office in the nation, am speaking to audiences and/or impacted... — PolitiTweet.org

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My health and well being are far more important than some car. They are also under far more stress. — PolitiTweet.org

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The preventative care was integral. As much as I wanted to retire the car, it kept going. — PolitiTweet.org

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That meant, it didn’t just get fixed when something was wrong. It got checked on, inspected, rotated, the oil changed, and all that jazz every time it hit a milestone and even just because sometimes my dad wanted to double check. — PolitiTweet.org

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Even after it was my car, even after I moved away, even after I got a real job, my dad ensured the car was maintained. — PolitiTweet.org

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In the 15 years I had it, it accumulated approximately 320,000 additional miles. — PolitiTweet.org

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My parents gave me their 2000 @Toyota Camry in 2001. My mom had put less than 12,000 miles on it in her first year with it. I had it until 2016, when I gave it away after it had been totaled in a hit and run accident. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hearing my thoughts aloud, receiving feedback, and being able to process were all key. #TherapyHelped, and though it’s been several years, I still go regularly. I go when things are going well and when they aren’t. — PolitiTweet.org