Perseverance, Passion and Legal Focus Establish New Precedent for Immigration Cases
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21
THE CHALLENGE: When Jennifer Arguijo was 11 years old, she and her siblings left Honduras to join their mother and stepfather—a US citizen—in the United States. Four years later, she ran away from home to escape her stepfather’s abuse. Her mother later divorced her stepfather and died shortly after. Under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), enacted as part of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a child who has endured domestic violence at the hands of a US citizen...
By: McDermott Will & Emery