He tried to tell the agents that he had lived here since 1979 and paid his taxes and supported his family and had never been in trouble with the law.
More than enough time to become an American citizen. Had he wanted too. This was just a country of convenience to him but now America has decided it's not convenient to have illegal alien Muslims hanging around.
But last April, Bayakly was told the university didn't have enough funding. So, before his H-1 visa expired, Bayakly applied for an R-1 religious worker visa. Bayakly is a founder and director of Masjid AnNoor, a small, quiet mosque near the university. He teaches the Koran and Arabic.
The old become a mullah in your spare time trick