HOUSTON,
Texas -- Foreign individuals may now seek asylum in the U.S. due
to domestic abuse in their home countries. On Tuesday a federal immigration
board ruled that a married Guatemalan woman, fleeing a violent husband back
home, could obtain political asylum.
The Board
of Immigration Appeals ruled that a woman who has been abused by her husband
has endured "harm rising to the level of persecution," according to
the San Francisco Gate.
The woman, who is currently in the U.S. with her three children, reportedly
endured weekly beatings; her husband apparently burned and raped her. Despite
the alleged abuse, police in Guatemala said they could not help the
woman.
The
ruling is significant, as the Board of Immigration Appeals oversees
the immigration courts of President Obama's Department of Justice.
The board
reportedly acknowledged a culture of violence in Guatemala, which cases its
domestic abuse victims to be in a "particular social group." Such
jargon implies "a crucial qualification for asylum eligibility,"
according to the Gate.
Story here
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Yep.
Continuing to give the ship away one rivet at a time aren't they?
By
whatever loophole they can muster it seems.
1 comment:
Unfuckingbelievable...
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