The big unfairness in America’s asylum system. How Central Americans fleeing gang violence don’t qualify
Alicia* was 14 years old when she was raped by members of one of the violent criminal gangs that have made El Salvador the homicide capital of the world. Pregnant and facing the threat of further violence, she negotiated the hazardous overland route to the United States, where she had family. However, once there, she struggled to find a lawyer who would take on her asylum case.
▻https://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2016/06/23/big-unfairness-america%E2%80%99s-asylum-system
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