In 2008, FBI and immigration agents arrested Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan woman in Los Angeles. She with five of her relatives and three other Guatemalan nationals were charged with 50 counts, alleging that they lured at least a dozen young women, including five minors as young as 13 years old, to the United…
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Legal Options Available if You are Facing Deportation
The New York Times reports that so far this year, more than 11,000 unaccompanied minors have been placed in deportation proceedings, nearly double last year’s numbers. But with the help of immigration lawyers, some of these children were able to avoid being deported. Eduín Rodríguez, abandoned by both parents in Honduras, rode the tops of…
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