Jessica Kwong » border patrol http://kwonglede.com Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:54:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Crossing the border: An immigrant’s tale http://kwonglede.com/2018/crossing-the-border-an-immigrants-tale/ http://kwonglede.com/2018/crossing-the-border-an-immigrants-tale/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:00:03 +0000 http://kwonglede.com/?p=1152 Angelina Marquez fled death threats by MS-13 gang members in her native El Salvador in 2014, with the hope of seeking asylum in the United States. She was detained by Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, during the Obama administration. Marquez—a pseudonym as she is still awaiting a final judgment on her asylum case—shared her story of being detained alongside her 6-year-old son with Newsweek. Newsweek was able to corroborate the major points of her story by reviewing court documents and speaking with her lawyer. What follows is Marquez’s story in her own words, interviewed by Jessica Kwong.

Read the story as told by Jessica Kwong:

https://www.newsweek.com/surviving-american-detention-center-my-6-year-old-son-1012641

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