SIJS (VA): BOY’S FATHER REFUSED TO BE REGISTERED AS HIS PARENT AND ONLY SAW HIM THREE TIMES BEFORE LEAVING (Javier)
Javier* is 9 years old and from Mexico. He grew up with his mother and has only ever seen his father on three occasions, one of those being his birth.
SIJS (MD): BOY WHO HAS NEVER KNOWN HIS FATHER WANTS TO STAY WITH HIS MOTHER IN MARYLAND (Jairo)
Jairo* is 12 years old and from El Salvador. He has never known who his biological father is and has never heard from him or received financial support.
SIJS (MD): BOY WHOSE ONLY MEMORY OF HIS FATHER IS FROM A PHOTO WANTS TO STAY WITH HIS MOTHER IN MARYLAND (Cristobal)
Cristobal* is 15 years old and from El Salvador. Recently, Cristobal came to the U.S. to live with his mother in Maryland.
SPRING TRIAL: POWERFUL FAMILY THAT MURDERED MAN'S BROTHERS WILL KILL HIM IF HE IS DEPORTED (Gibson)
Honduran man fears he will be killed by a powerful, criminal family that has already murdered or "disappeared" three of his brothers.
HELP A MAN WHO WAS TRAFFICKED WIN RELEASE FROM DETENTION AND TERMINATION OF HIS DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS (Damian)
Damian* was narco-trafficked into the U.S. when he was still a minor. He is eligible for a T visa and needs an attorney to help him complete the T visa application process and to seek release from detention and termination of his deportation proceedings.
MAN WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST HIS FELLOW GANG MEMBERS FACES DEATH IF HE IS DEPORTED (Mauricio)
Mauricio* is a 25-year-old man from El Salvador. After being forced to join a gang at 9 years old, he was allowed to leave the gang, and he came to the United States at 18. However, once in the United States, a member of the same gang recognized him and forced him to re-join the gang by threatening to kill his family. After Mauricio and several other gang members were charged with a violent crime, Mauricio’s testimony resulted in life sentences for several of his codefendants and a reduced sentence for himself. In prison, Mauricio was told that if gang members ever saw him again, he was a dead man.
MAN WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST CORRUPT REGIME WAS BEATEN SO BADLY HE COULD NOT WALK FOR A WEEK (Jacques)
Jacques is a 51-year-old man from Congo-Brazzaville. After politically organizing against the current long-term presidency, he was arrested in Congo-Brazzaville. While detained, Jacques was beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted and subsequently told that he would be killed if he were to continue participating in political actions.