As she went to report this assault to the police, she
was sexually propositioned by the officers. After a family member threatened her with sexual violence and death,
she fled to the United States. She sought asylum, but she was promptly
deported--turned away--by the Customs and Border Patrol. Within a month
of returning to Guatemala, she was drugged, raped, and thrown into a
river. She fled to the United States for a second time and, once again,
was turned away without seeing an immigration judge or speaking to an
asylum officer. Finally, the third time she came, her 8-year-old son had been
threatened by gang members, and she was finally allowed to make her
case and was granted asylum. Or the case of Carla.
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