by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
“Based on what we have seen in Mexico, any person with a disability deported from the United States – who does not have relatives caring for them in the community – is at immediate risk of detention. Once they are placed in these facilities, their lives are at risk...
by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
In March of 2024, thanks to the government’s decision not to appeal, an immigration judge’s grant of asylum to an APA client from Nicaragua became final, giving “Julia” the safety and peace of mind she has sought since fleeing her country more than a year ago. Julia...
by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
Her birth certificate and utility bill in hand, “Laura” was walking to her high school to pay a registration fee when her life was brutally changed forever. As she passed by a park, a man grabbed her from behind and put a rag over her head. She lost consciousness and...
by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
Most asylum seekers APA helps are recent arrivals to the US. Occasionally, however, long-term US residents apply for asylum to avoid deportation. Like anyone else, to qualify, they must show past persecution or a “well-founded fear” of persecution based on one of five...
by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
In May of 2024, a Tucson Immigration Judge granted asylum to “Tarik,” a young man from Afghanistan who feared persecution as a member of an ethnic and religious minority group. The man, who also feared persecution because his father, killed in a bombing before the...