Fighting the Tide  Claiming Special Circumstances, a Family
Battles Deportation  The telephone call, at once dreaded and
long awaited, broke the unnatural calm.  A reporter, an Urdu-
English translator, and two immigrant advocates were sitting
with Razia Sultana last Tuesday on the floor of her living room
in the traditional style, on top of a large sheet of fabric and
cushions spread over the carpet. The apartment, in Jamaica,
Queens, was spare and spotless. Window shades softened the
afternoon sun. The visitors received mugs of creamy, spiced
coffee and plates of butter cookies. Razia's daughter, home sick
from the first grade, entered occasionally to hug her mother and
grin at the guests. The benign atmosphere and hospitality belied
Razia's true state. "I am living in tension throughout," she
said.  Her husband, Shabi Ul Hassan, had been arrested at home
December 12 for lacking legal immigration papers and remained in
jail. He had been calling every day, but now Razia had not heard
from him in a week. Rumor