Friday, January 16, 2015

Guatemalan Victim of Domestic Violence Granted Asylum

Ms. D from Guatemala was constantly beaten by her husband. She walked all day to ask a court in Guatemala for help but was only handed a hearing date notice that she herself would have to give to her abuser. When she escaped to the United States, she was taken into ICE’s custody, then released. Rodriguez & Moretzsohn, PLLC, immigration attorneys in Corpus Christi, TX, helped her apply for asylum. Immigration Attorney Maria Pia Prebisch represented her. The case took two years and four months, but finally on January 7, 2015, an Immigration Judge in Harlingen, TX, granted asylum. Ms. D may now file Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition to request follow-to-join benefits for her children in Guatemala.
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