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R. is a woman from Mexico. R.’s children, N., S., and K., are derivatives on her application for asylum. R.'s father was physically abusive during her childhood. R. met her partner, H., when she was an adolescent. She became pregnant and moved in with him. They had two children together. During R.'s first pregnancy, H. became violent, and he continued to abuse and control her throughout their relationship.  He prevented R. from working or visiting her family, he did not allow her to have a phone, he threatened to kill her if she ever left him, and beat her regularly. R. fled Mexico with her children to escape his abuse.

K. and D. are half-brothers from Mexico, aged 13 and 9. They share the same mother but have different fathers. Both K. and D.'s fathers wplit from their mother when she was pregnant with each of them. K. and D. were never supported emotionally or financially by their fathers, and they do not have relationships with them. D.'s mother came to the United States after fleeing gang threats, and K. and D. followed shortly afterward.

A pro bono attorney will need to file two separate petitions for sole allocation of parental responsibilities on behalf of K. and D.'s mother and obtain orders stating that reunification with K. and D.'s fathers is not viable to due abandonment, and that it is not in K. and D.'s best interest to return to Mexico.

Deadline: Predicate Order filed by 1/5/2025

A. has been the victim of emotional, financial, and physical abuse by her U.S. citizen son. On one occasion, A.’s son tried hitting her and threw objects at her. A. fled to another room to escape, and her son fled the home. As A. went outside, she witnessed her son damaging the windows of her other son's car. A. called the police and filed a report. A. received counseling to seek support for the violence she has suffered from U.S. citizen son. There is no set deadline.