In Kakar v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered whether the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) properly denied an Afghan national lawful permanent residence status for allegedly engaging in terrorist activity, where he had been abducted by the Taliban and forced to take up arms to fight against his will. 29 F.4th 129 (2d Cir. 2022).