US Supreme Court to hear asylum fight involving Nigerian cook
The justices will decide whether cooking meals for a separatist camp counts as material support under immigration law.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Blanche v. Ozurumba, a case examining whether cooking for a terrorist organization constitutes "material support" for terrorism under immigration law.
- In 2022, Ozurumba worked as a cook for the Nigerian separatist group "Unknown Gunmen" for six months; an immigration judge subsequently rejected his asylum claim, finding the cooking constituted "material support."
- The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Ozurumba's cooking "provided nothing that the organization could use," yet the Justice Department appealed, arguing meals are "no less a material form of support than providing gasoline."
- Ozurumba was deported to Nigeria in April 2025 while his case remained on appeal; the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June 2027.
- In the coming weeks, the justices will also decide whether to hear the Trump administration's appeal seeking to maintain a broad block on asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear immigrant terrorism support case - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether a Nigerian national who cooked meals for a terrorist organization applies as “material” support for terrorism. Justices on the high court agreed to hear Blanche v. Ozurumba, a case focused on Nigerian national Izuchukwu Ozurumba, who cooked meals for six months at a remote camp serving Nigerian separatist group “Unknown Gunmen.” In 2022, Ozurumba started work as a co…
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US Supreme Court to hear asylum fight involving Nigerian cook
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Supreme Court to decide if Nigerian man’s cooking was ‘material support’ for terrorists
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