The Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a Nigerian asylum seeker’s forced cooking for a terrorist group counts as “material support”. The case centres on whether captivity changes the legal meaning of support.
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01Summary
- 01The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear the case.
- 02The man is Nigerian and was denied asylum in the United States.
- 03An immigration judge found that he had provided “material support” to a known terrorist group by cooking for it.
- 04The man says he was being held captive at the time.
- 05The justices have granted the Justice Department’s request to take up the case.
02Why it matters
The ruling could affect how U.S. law treats asylum seekers who were forced to help armed groups under duress. It may also shape future immigration cases involving alleged support for terrorism.
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