July 10, 2025
He Followed the Law. Now He’s in Detention.
Ayman Soliman came to the United States seeking safety. Not opportunity. Not a better job. Safety.
He was tortured in Egypt for his reporting as a journalist during the revolution. He was imprisoned and beaten. His family threatened. In 2014, he fled, legally entering the U.S. and requesting asylum. The government granted it in 2018.
But instead of safety, he’s endured six years of bureaucratic resistance. His green card application sat untouched. His family was never allowed to join him. And now, suddenly, that hard-won asylum has been revoked, not by a judge, but by an asylum officer. No hearing. No warning. No justice.
Earlier this month, Ayman was detained at an ICE check-in. He is still in custody. His case is still pending. His future is uncertain.
He is not a criminal. He broke no laws. He is a chaplain, a community leader, and a healer who has served in hospitals, prisons, and mosques. The only thing he has ever asked from this country is to live in peace and abide by its laws. He has. The system has not.
MLFA is representing Ayman Soliman. And we have been, for years. Pro bono.
We are fighting for his immediate release. We are fighting for the restoration of his asylum status. We are fighting to ensure due process is not something only the privileged can afford.
But we can’t do this work alone.
Ayman’s case is not unique. It is part of a disturbing trend where political asylum is granted, only to be quietly stripped away. Where immigrants are told to follow the rules, until those rules change. Where safety becomes conditional.
MLFA is one of the few legal organizations in the country with the resources, federal-level expertise, and courage to take on these cases. Our team is in court, at detention centers, and behind the scenes, defending Muslims and allies who are targeted, silenced, or disappeared under the guise of national security.
You can help us fight back.
Donate today so we can keep defending Ayman and others like him. Your support ensures we can continue taking on the cases others won’t. Cases that decide whether a man lives or dies. Whether a family is reunited or torn apart. Whether justice in America is real or just rhetoric.
We don’t charge our clients a dime. But the cost of this work is real.
Ayman Soliman followed the law. Now we must uphold it.
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