Declarations
Declaration from Kim Hunter
[T]he credible fear interview I attended was conducted like an affirmative asylum interview, rather than a credible fear interview. Based upon over 13 years of experience with the asylum process, I believe my client established her credible fear within the first 45 minutes of a more than three hour interview. Read More
Declaration from Phillip Smith
Each and every applicant that I met with or represented during an official proceeding with an Immigration Judge or asylum officer had a child or children with them at the time, often in their laps. Many of the children were sick, and the mothers were often required to recount gruesome… Read More
Declaration from Laura Lichter
What was particularly troubling regarding the legal process was that, other than a handful of attorneys, there were no legal resources to help these women and children through what is an incredibly challenging process. This complicated process of determining whether an individual has a “credible fear” was made even more… Read More
Declaration from Elaine J. Cintron
My client and I had no privacy while we worked on her declaration. ICE officials were constantly walking around us. We could hear children crying. We also heard an ICE officer reprimanding a mother because her child was too loud. There were so many distractions that I cannot be certain… Read More
Declaration from Daniel Rodgers
I am 62 years old. When I left Artesia and was driving to the airport to fly back to Alaska, I started crying in the car. I do not recall the last time I cried.–Visiting Artesia was a discouraging and depressing experience because my government is crushing the [spirits] of… Read More
Declaration from Christina Rosado-Maher
While I was meeting with my client, there was an ICE officer present in the room the entire time. I was not able to meet with my client in a confidential place.…. –I observed an attitude among the ICE officers that reflected a belief that none of the detainees had… Read More
Declaration from Andrea Guttin
In one case, an asylum officer told a woman that the domestic violence she suffered several years ago was irrelevant to her claim, even though she was fleeing continued persecution on the part of her abuser…. Some of the immigration judges conducting negative [credible fear interview] review hearings via tele-video… Read More
Declaration from Sarah Perez
In every case I reviewed where the detainee requested to speak with an attorney, the asylum officer merely asked, “Do you want to continue or not?” In none of the interview summaries I reviewed did the asylum officer state that the person could postpone the interview in order to obtain… Read More
Declaration from Stephanie Izaguirre
When [my client] discussed her fear of gangs in El Salvador, the asylum officer seemed impatient and began to rush through the interview… Every woman I met was forced to care for her children and discuss her case simultaneously.… Mothers were forced to recount very traumatic and upsetting details of… Read More
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