Client and daughter had fled Mexico because they feared the drug cartel, Los Zetas. They made a credible claim for asylum at the border and were paroled into the U.S. in order to pursue their asylum application. The asylum application was ultimately denied by the immigration judge because he believed that they were being persecuted because of their money, and that did not qualify for asylum. While the case was on appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals, client married her spouse and was able to get I-130’s approved for her and her daughter. They were then able to become permanent residents, after a nearly 5-year wait.
