Immigration
Jun. 19, 2009
Bringing a Face to Immigration Reform
Bernard Wolfsdorf, who won asylum from South Africa, is a new leader for immigration lawyers.
By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer Shortly after Bernard Wolfsdorf arrived in Boston, the 24-year-old South African attorney walked into a nondescript office building and sought asylum. "I was so nervous," Wolfsdorf said, recalling his first meeting with a U.S. immigration official. "The thought that this person could decide my case was not a worthy case and I'd have to return to South Africa to face certain persecution was terrifying....
Daily Journal Staff Writer Shortly after Bernard Wolfsdorf arrived in Boston, the 24-year-old South African attorney walked into a nondescript office building and sought asylum. "I was so nervous," Wolfsdorf said, recalling his first meeting with a U.S. immigration official. "The thought that this person could decide my case was not a worthy case and I'd have to return to South Africa to face certain persecution was terrifying....
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