Tani Adewumi rose to stardom at age 8 for his striking chess skills and for winning a New York state championship while homeless
But Tani, now 12, just won perhaps his most pivotal feat: He and his family were officially granted asylum in the United States.
“It was a little bit scary,” said Adewumi, who first worked as a dishwasher and an Uber driver upon moving to America and is now a real estate salesman at Douglas Elliman. The family is no longer homeless and lives in an apartment in New York City. “It’s truly inspiring what the family has accomplished,” he added. “To even be a small part of their story is really an honor for us.”Working alongside attorney Carolina Curbelo, who was already representing the Adewumi family, Mayer Brown became formally involved in the case in early 2022.
Ahead of the formal immigration hearing, the lawyers aimed to explore alternative options that would “help the family speed up the process and ensure that they got a favorable outcome,” Mikesh said. “What we thought would be a better idea is to try to convince the government that this case really was open-and-shut, and there was no real question that our clients deserved asylum.”They submitted documents listing the reasons the family was worthy of asylum to the Department of Homeland Security.
The final order of asylum was issued in October, and the family received their asylum cards on Nov. 30.
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