Immigration
Jul. 12, 2011
Domestic Violence Victims Gain Asylum
The government's grant of political asylum to Heydi Ojeda Cachon on social group membership grounds could signal a change in federal policy in favor of asylum-seekers' domestic violence claims.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A young Mexican wife and her children endured years of brutal and humiliating abuse from her husband in a rural Yucatan village before she fled to California, where lawyers used cutting-edge social group theory to win her legal status as a refugee in the U.S.
The government's grant last month of political asylum to Heydi Ojeda Cachon on social group membership grounds could signal a...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In