("Dream 9") 9 Mexicans win first step in asylum claim
Source: AP
The Homeland Security Department tentatively approved asylum requests for nine Mexican immigrants, including some who were living in the United States illegally but left and attempted to re-enter as part of a protest against U.S. deportation policies.
Christopher Bentley, a spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said DHS ruled that the immigrants have a "credible fear" of being persecuted if they are sent back to Mexico.
"The legal threshold for credible fear is broad and low, in order to ensure that individuals who may face a 'significant possibility' of persecution if removed have the opportunity to have their case heard before an immigration judge," Bentley said.
It is rare for the U.S. government to grant asylum to Mexican citizens.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dhs-tentatively-grants-asylum-7-mexicans
Southern California Public Radio has more info about the Dream 9.
Speaking of asylum, last month the Boston Globe reported: "US House panel finds gaps in asylum oversight": "The congressional hearing is the latest to raise questions about the federal immigration system’s role in the Marathon bombings investigation, including the still-confidential asylum claims that granted legal residency to the Tsarnaev family and Tamerlan’s friend Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by a Boston FBI agent in May." I found that in my google news search about this asylum case.
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