Posted on August 7, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Camila Díaz Córdova was deported from the United States despite telling U.S. asylum officers that she feared for her life in her home country. After her return to El Salvador, Díaz was beaten and killed by police officers, three of whom were convicted last week. According to local activists, it was the first time that a Salvadoran court had issued convictions for the killing of a transgender woman
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Posted on May 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
CBS reports that 10 transgender women who were part of a roughly 80-member group of LGBTQ+ migrants from Central America recently won their asylum cases and were released from a detention center in Texas.
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Posted on August 8, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Answer: In this case, there is actually an unpublished case that allows this to go forward. However, even without this case, it is possible. You will have to define the social group differently. In this case, I can see some group similarly referencing women that are being beaten, but are in ‘common law’ marriages and/or who have kids that have suffered, etc.
Question: What if my country has laws against domestic violence? Will I not be able to apply?
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Posted on August 8, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Answer: In this case, there is actually an unpublished case that allows this to go forward. However, even without this case, it is possible. You will have to define the social group differently. In this case, I can see some group similarly referencing women that are being beaten, but are in ‘common law’ marriages and/or who have kids that have suffered, etc.
Question: What if my country has laws against domestic violence? Will I not be able to apply?
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Posted on September 26, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Ninth Circuit granted in part the petition for review, holding that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred when it denied the petitioner, a transgender woman from Mexico, relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), because it failed to recognize the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation, and assumed that recent anti-discrimination laws in Mexico have made life safer for transgender individuals, while ignoring significant evidence of violence targeting them. The court remanded for a grant of CAT relief in light of the petitioner’s evidence of past torture and country conditions, which showed a clear probability of future torture with government acquiescence.
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