a lot of people here

and in other cultures and countries across the world - think domestic abuse is no big deal, a way of life.

some judges here, don't think being dragged by your hair down the street or threatened by a machete is cause for asylum. you know what i think

this is a baby step, but i'm optimistic

U.S. Signals Spouse Abuse Claims Could Lead to Asylum

By JULIA PRESTON
In an unusually protracted and closely watched case, the Obama administration has recommended political asylum for a Guatemalan woman fleeing horrific abuse by her husband, the strongest signal yet that the administration is open to a variety of asylum claims from foreign women facing domestic abuse. The government’s assent, lawyers said, virtually ensures that the woman, Rody Alvarado Peña, will be allowed to remain in the United States after battling in immigration court since 1995.........

...........After 14 years of legal indecision, during which several immigration courts and three attorneys general considered Ms. Alvarado’s case, the Department of Homeland Security cleared the way for her in a one-paragraph document filed late Wednesday in immigration court in San Francisco. Ms. Alvarado, the department found, “is eligible for asylum and merits a grant of asylum as a matter of discretion.”..........

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