Khan v. Holder

Bd. did not err in finding that “terrorism bar” under 8 USC section 1182(a)(3)(B)(i)(I) applied so as to bar alien’s (citizen of Pakistan) request for asylum and other relief based on finding that alien had supported faction of Mohajir Qaumi Movement in Pakistan (a Tier 3 terrorist group), where said group resorted to violent measures to terrorize fellow Pakistani citizens. “Terrorist activity” is defined to include acts that alien knows, or reasonably should know, affords material support for terrorist organization, and record showed that alien’s attendance at instant organization’s meetings, his distribution of supportive flyers and his recruitment of others qualified as material support for purposes of imposing instant bar. Ct., though, observed that alien had forfeited his best argument (by failing to raise it before Bd.) that he was actually unaware that organization had authorized terrorist acts committed by others in organization.