Nadeem Hassan (born circa 1965) is a Pakistani gastroenterologist who was a legal resident of the United States until he was stripped of his green card due to alleged ties to terrorism. Hassan is notable for the controversy stirred by the process through which he was stripped of residency.
Hassan lived in the USA from 1987 through 2005. He lived in Tempe, Arizona, and worked at the Maricopa Medical Center.
In 2002, after fulfilling required preporatory steps, he started the process of applying for U.S. citizenship. Eric Bjotvedt, Hassan's immigration lawyer, said Hassan had obtained “advance parole” -- permission to leave the USA, and count on re-admission, prior to his departure. Hassan and his wife's travels were in order to participate in the Hajj, a religious pilgrimage required of all Muslims,
However, on January 13, 2006, while Hassan was overseas, the Customs and Immigration Service retracted his advance parole, based on a six-month-old FBI affidavit. The affidavit, drafted by FBI agent Jill Tikalsky, described the Jamaat Tablighi movement as: