Tahirih Bay Area Executive Director, Morgan Weibel, wrote a letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times about the harrowing effect of the Attorney General’s decision on the asylum process.
This directive, coupled with the injustice currently unfolding at the border, puts women at grave risk and is a flagrant violation of our obligations under the International Refugee Convention.
We must do more to extend a bridge to safety to those who have real reason to fear for their lives.
I came to the U.S. in the winter of 2006. Life back home in Mexico was tough for me and my family. I dreamt of going to college and graduating but with my family’s economic status, that dream was too costly and impossible.
At least I was able to graduate high school and that is something I am proud of since I was also working at the time to help my family. I was always looking for an opportunity to have a better life as a young woman.
“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.”
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