Real Life Stories

Crime and Deportation

A JOURNEY THAT FELT LIKE GOING “TO HELL AND BACK” REACHES A HAPPY CONCLUSION Roselyn (center) married her U.S. citizen husband...

Violence Against Women Act

ABUSED AND ACCUSED WOMAN GETS THE ULTIMATE REDEMPTION Imagine being broken on the inside by your husband’s constant verbal abuse...

Violence Against Women Act

AN ABUSED BRIDE SELF-PETITIONS AND FINDS REDEMPTION AND FREEDOM WITH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) Anne was certain she had...

Family

A FAMILY PETITION DENIED DUE TO ABANDONMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY REOPENED, AND A FAMILY WAS REUNITED Elsinore was petitioned by his father in...

Child Status Protection Act

A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE THAT INCLUDED RETROGRESSION OF PRIORITY DATES, AGING OUT, AND HIS FATHER SUCCUMBING TO CANCER JUST BEFORE VISA...

Caregiver Green Cards

CAREGIVERS OVERCOME FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY, AFTER SIX ICE AGENTS KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR After they were offered jobs as caregivers, Danilo...

Adoption

ABANDONED BY HER BIRTH PARENTS, NIKKA WAS ALMOST LEFT BEHIND WHEN USCIS CHALLENGED HER ADOPTIVE PARENT’S ELIGIBILITY TO PETITION HER Lilia...

Special Child

A SPECIAL CASE ABOUT A “SPECIAL CHILD” When Norma immigrated to the U.S., she had to leave behind her autistic son,...