Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kirstjen Nielsen

NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge.

Mehrdad Hosseini fled his native Iran and obtained asylum in the United States in 1999. Two years later, he applied to adjust his legal status to become a lawful permanent resident. But the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") denied that application after concluding that Hosseini provided material support to two Iranian terrorist organizations, rendering him inadmissible to the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI)(dd).

This case turns on whether Hosseini's copying and distribution of flyers amounts to material support of a…