Tahirih Legal Advocate, Guadalupe Fernandez, spoke with Vice about the impact of the former Attorney General’s decision in Matter of A-B-, ruling that domestic violence and gang violence are not sufficient grounds for asylum.
“The prosecution, the detentions, the border closures, legal decisions, and family separation is all part of a patchwork that is an unprecedented attack that is making it harder for people already vulnerable and in desperate situations,” Fernandez said.
“I hope my story is helpful to someone else…and can inspire many women to be stronger. We need to help young women identify toxic relationships, so that there are fewer Camilas that go through such difficult things, let alone have our children suffer.”
When I was 15 years old, I left my parents’ home in Mexico. I was sexually abused by my stepfather, and I thought I would be safer moving out with […]
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