Alamdar Hamdani, who was recently sworn in as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Texas, provided free legal representation to members of the South Asian and Muslim community who were interviewed by the FBI after the Sept. 11 attacks. In an exclusive interview with the Houston Chronicle, Hamdani said he “realized people who looked like me or shared my parents’ faith would be looked at differently” and he will use that “valuable experience” as an immigrant and person of color to analyze cases during his tenure as a U.S. attorney. “I am thankful and I am humbled that I am the U.S. attorney and all I can do is make my mama proud,” Hamdani said.