Salvadoran jailed in Missouri appeals deportation to international body
Salvadoran jailed in Missouri appeals deportation to international body
Reuters
By Fiona Ortiz
2 hours ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A woman from El Salvador who says she was threatened by gangs that murdered her son petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday to halt her deportation to her home country from Missouri, where she is detained.
Lawyers for advocacy group the National Immigrant Justice Center are representing the woman and say she did not get a proper chance to tell U.S. immigration officials about her fears for her life if she is returned to El Salvador.
The lawyers said her deportation would violate international human rights law, arguing she was denied her right to seek asylum. They have asked the commission to take precautionary measures, directing the U.S. not to deport her and El Salvador not to issue travel documents to facilitate the deportation.
The woman is one of tens of thousands of people from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala who have fled to the United States in recent years, some seeking refuge from rampant gang violence, others seeking economic opportunity.
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