A Supreme Court case (Blanche v. Ozurumba) asks whether routine, non‑combat services provided to terrorist‑group members — here, preparing thousands of meals — qualify as 'material support' that bars asylum and triggers criminal liability. The Fourth Circuit held it did not unless the support alone was 'sufficiently substantial' to facilitate a violent act; the petition asks the high court to reverse that narrowing in light of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
— How the Court defines 'material support' will shape immigration adjudications, terrorism enforcement, and the legal exposure of coerced or low‑wage labor inside armed groups.
Mark Goldfeder
2026.10.20
100% relevant
Supreme Court grant of review in Blanche v. Ozurumba and the Fourth Circuit's ruling that cooking ~8,000 meals was not 'sufficiently substantial' to be material support — contrasted with the dissent's fungibility argument.
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