Saleh v. Tillerson

Paul A. Engelmayer, United States District Judge

Ameera Mohamed Abdu Saleh ("Saleh") and her children-Zakaria Sultan Naji Alshaif, Abdulmotaleb Sultan Naji Alshaif, Asrar Sultan Naji Alshaif, Abrar Sultan Naji Alshaif, Ibrahim Sultan Naji Alshaif, and Lina Sultan Naji Alshaif (together, "the Alshaifs" and, with Saleh, "petitioners")2 -have petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the U.S. State Department and officials therein (collectively, "the Government") to issue Saleh an immigrant visa. The Alshaifs claim that the Government's refusal of their mother's immigrant visa…