Twoyears ago she fled Peru. She had been horribly treated and threatened by rebel guerillas from the Shining Path there. She came to this country without proper documents and gained asylum only after a full and fair opportunity to convince an immigration judge at a hearing that she would suffer persecution if she was returned to Peru. When she tried to share her history with us earlier this year. she could not finish her second sentence before she broke down in tears. overwhelmed by the memories of what she had suffered. I cannot imagine this victim of oppression being able to talk about her suffering to a strange authority figure immediately upon her arrival in the United States. Fortunately. she had a chance to obtain the help of volunteers and was able to present her case to an immigration judge at a hearing. Finally. consider the case of Nikolai S. from a former Soviet republic and a social scientist. He had been beaten by government agents because he is Jewish.
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