Opinion: Asylum seekers are lost when it comes to our immigration system. Here's how Jewish Family Service helps. [Opinion]
Over the last 40 months, more than 120,000 asylum-seeking immigrants have stayed at a local shelter, helped by hundreds of volunteers and others coordinating efforts.For most, those traveling beyond San Diego to connect with loved ones and sponsors elsewhere in the country, that is the end of our interactions.
Our legal team will file claims on behalf of her and her children. The children may be eligible for other forms of relief based on the abuse and neglect from their fathers. In total, we will be filing four asylum applications, which will include supporting documentation and detailed statements of the persecution each family member experienced while in their home country.
The most tragic part of all of this, though, is that this case is not unique. Seeking asylum is the last and only option for tens of thousands of families and individuals coming to the U.S. In our line of work, the real-life stories we hear from people fleeing their home countries are heartbreaking and horrifying. They are situations any one of us would do whatever we could to survive or protect our families from.