May 7, 2025
Asylum-seeking mother and daughter reunited after months of separation in detention
See more on Asylum-seeking mother and daughter reunited after months of separation in detentionJ.P. et al. v. USA
PICTURED: Shawn S. Ledingham, Rebecca Brown and Joel Frost-Tift.
Photo Credit: Justin Stewart
Immigration
Shawn S. Ledingham, Proskauer Rose LLP; Rebecca Brown and Joel Frost-Tift, Public Counsel
After years of litigation, a Guatemalan mother and daughter have secured a substantial settlement from the U.S. government following their forced separation at the Arizona-Mexico border in 2018.
The pair, who entered the United States seeking asylum after experiencing abuse in their home village, were separated under the family separation p...
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