Years ago, Rosa watched from inside the car as men robbed her husband at gunpoint, shortly after they’d arrived in Minnesota from Guatemala. The couple had a pending asylum case, but once they reported the crime to the police, they were eligible for a U visa, which provides a path to legal permanent residency for […]

Rudy Villeda Mejía has his own roofing business, a wife and three stepchildren in Washington, near the state’s border with Canada.  He has never been charged with a crime. He entered the U.S. without authorization for a second time in 2010 after he was kidnapped by a violent cartel in Mexico, and has been in […]