Supreme Court to decide if Nigerian man’s cooking was ‘material support’ for terrorists

The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a case involving a Nigerian man who was denied asylum in the U.S. after an immigration judge decided that he had provided “material support” for a known terrorist group by cooking for them despite being held captive at the time.  

The justices have granted the Justice Department’s request to review an appeals court ruling that found the forced labor was not a disqualifying factor under federal immigration law.

Oral arguments are poised for next year, with a ruling expected by the summer.  

Izuchukwu Ozurumba was recruited in 2022 to work as a cook at a rural Nigeria camp about 12 years after he moved back to the country from Venezuela seeking better employment opportunities. He later learned the camp was run by the “Unknown Gunmen.”

Ozurumba was held in the camp for six months, where he was forced to cook meals for the group’s leaders, eventually without pay. He could not leave, as the camp was guarded by armed security.  

He escaped while on a........

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