Hmm, how many poor illegal alien housekeepers possibly guilty of fraud end up with such a prominent Leftist attorney? He represented Nasir Ali Mubarak and looks to have been part of Lynne Stewart's defense team. See below. Gloria Allred named Mark Van Der Hout as Diaz's immigration lawyer on the Mark Levin Show tonight.
Mark Van der Hout's political activism goes back years, this from 2004:
So far, immigrant Muslims and those from the Middle East and Central Asia have suffered the brunt of the Bush administration's attacks on civil liberties. But as NLG immigration attorney Mark Van Der Hout told me, "Going after immigrants is just the first step towards going after U.S. citizens." Indeed, a look at the past three years shows that Attorney General John Ashcroft's offensive has widened to include a range of citizens whose only real crime is their opposition to the Bush administration's policies.
He's considered a prominent national attorney with the National Lawyer's Guild. He's argued on Consular Absolutism before the 9th Circuit. Mark Van der Hout with Center for Human Rights.
He was part of Lynne Stewart's defense team. Another Van der Hout client:
A Northern California man who the government claimed had an "association" with a terrorist has agreed to be deported to his native Pakistan.
Nasir Ali Mubarak, who has been held in federal custody without bail since June 2, agreed to the settlement during a hearing Tuesday before U.S. Immigration Judge Alberto Gonzalez of San Francisco.
The surprise settlement between Mubarak and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service abruptly ended a lengthy series of hearings challenging the government's contention that Mubarak should be held without bail pending a move to deport him for overstaying his student visa.
Mark Van Der Hout, Mubarak's attorney, said his client agreed to the settlement only because the government had broken him down by jailing him, and he faced more months in custody during a long court fight.
Van Der Hout claimed Mubarak was a victim of government overreaction to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
