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Carmen Iguina

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California legislators introducing fair and just immigration bills at the Capitol.
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On Immigration, a Ray of Fairness Shines Bright in California

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Asylum-seeker's family
  • Immigrants' Rights

10 Days Later

By the time Credy Madrid Calderon fled Honduras and sought asylum in the United States, he had been threatened, shot at and severely beaten by local gangs. Arriving in the United States, however, did not mean sanctuary for Credy. Instead of being reunited with his wife and children, all U.S. citizens, Credy found himself in an immigration jail. He waited there for months, uncertain of whether he would even get the chance to explain to a judge why he faced certain death if he was sent back to Honduras.