FACTS: A client’s pending Affirmative Asylum (Form I-589 Application) had been pending for more than 5 years without an interview. The client was understandably frustrated by this delay as they were not able to obtain a final answer on their case or move forward with their life until an answer was given on their asylum…
FACTS: A pair of our clients recently earned their US Lawful Permanent Residence through marriage to a US Citizen spouse while their asylum cases were pending at the US Asylum Office. After years of delays with the US Asylum Office our clients had met and married US Citizen spouses. Importantly, both clients had entered the…
FACTS: A El Salvadorian client fled El Salvador with his minor daughter after gangs targeted him because of his sexual orientation. After gangs saw him with a same-sex romantic partner, our client was cornered and attacked by gang members who threatened his life and tried to kill him. Saved by the chance arrival of police…
THE FACTS: A client had been in the U.S. for many years illegally. She first came to the U.S. in the 1990s and joined her husband’s asylum case. Later, her husband’s NACARA case was approved and he advised her to return to El Salvador and wait for her visa (this was COMPLETELY INCORRECT). The…
