Mrs. Aterhzaz, the former Sara Jane Anderson, found a lawyer willing to take their case for no fee, but the INS delayed processing their paperwork until after the 120-day deportation deadline. Prior to September 11, the INS would routinely have allowed Aterhzaz to stay in the US until the application was processed. Immigration experts say that now that Aterhzaz has been deported, even if the application is successful, it could take a year or more before he is allowed to return.
* Twenty-four year-old Hussein al-Attas continues to be held in solitary confinement after 10 months in a New York City prison, even though he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. He is being held under the material witness statute for having briefly shared an apartment in the university town of Norman, Oklahoma with Zacarias Moussaoui, whom the government is prosecuting as the alleged September 11 “twentieth bomber.” Attorneys for al-Attas have been silenced by a federal gag order, and hearings are closed to the public with legal motions sealed.
* Twenty-four year-old Hussein al-Attas continues to be held in solitary confinement after 10 months in a New York City prison, even though he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. He is being held under the material witness statute for having briefly shared an apartment in the university town of Norman, Oklahoma with Zacarias Moussaoui, whom the government is prosecuting as the alleged September 11 “twentieth bomber.” Attorneys for al-Attas have been silenced by a federal gag order, and hearings are closed to the public with legal motions sealed.