⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

U.S. citizen Engi Kamel married Ahmed Abosamak shortly after he entered the country on a fiancé visa, and he applied for a green card based on their marriage. At his immigration interview, Abosamak says the assigned Arabic interpreter spoke a different dialect and mistranslated his answers. USCIS refused his request for another interpreter; he ended the interview, and the agency denied his application two months later. The couple sued, alleging that the interview procedure denied him a fair opportunity to be heard. A New York federal judge dismissed the suit, holding that a federal statute kept the district court from reviewing the green-card denial. On appeal, the question is whether the interpreter claim can be heard as a challenge to agency procedure, or whether it is inseparable from the denial and therefore outside the district court's power.

Kamel v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (No. 25-2335) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, argued September 24, 2026.