Discrimination, fear, and suspicion are what our children see and deal with nowadays. Muslim women in the U.S., not in Afghanistan, not under the Taliban, feel their rights to be with their loved ones are violated because of this inhumane practice. We teach our children that America is a land that guarantees the freedom of expression, religion, and association, and where the right of due process is made sacred by the constitution. All these constitutional rights are today threatened by the abuse of secret evidence. There is an erroneous misconception that Mazen could leave this country whenever he pleases and that this whole ordeal could be over.
Nothing is further from the truth.
As a stateless Palestinian refugee, he has no citizenship or residency in any country in the world. In fact he has no passport from any country. He can't go back to his birthplace in Gaza. The Palestinian authority says the Oslo accords don't allow him. We contacted Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, to name a few, but none was willing to take him.