SR is a 39-year-old woman from Nigeria. She initially arrived in the United States on a tourist visa in February, 1999. She left in 2009 to return to Nigeria to visit family, and returned in March, 2009.? She is afraid to return to Nigeria because her ex-husband?s family has been threatening her and blaming her for his death from a stroke in 2005.
SR?s has been the victim of brutal domestic violence in two separate relationships in Nigeria. Her boyfriend from her first relationship is the father of her two children, and beat her brutally, causing her to run away. While fleeing this relationship, SR met her husband, who protected her from her abusive boyfriend. However, SR married her protector, a tribal king, and after the marriage he became violent and would frequently beat and rape her. He brought her to the US for vacation in 1999, and when it came time to go back to Nigeria, SR hid and remained in the US with her sister.
In 2005, while she was away, SR?s husband died of a stroke. His family blames SR for his death, claiming that the stress she caused him resulted in his death. When SR returned to Nigeria in 2009 to visit her children, she was attacked in the street by a group of men who tried to beat her and pour acid on her. She managed to escape and fled back to the United States.
SR was granted a green card in 2009, but this was revoked when she was charged with marriage fraud. She also has a conviction for shoplifting in Rhode Island, for which she received one year of probation.
This pro bono opportunity will involve assisting SR apply for withholding of removal. SR is eligible for this forms of relief because she fears returning to her home country because of her membership in a particular social group, a woman fleeing gender-based violence as defined in Matter of Kasinga, 21 I&N Dec. 357. (BIA 1996).
SR speaks English. She is detained at Hampton Roads Region Jail, which is roughly 3.5 hours away from Washington, D.C. CAIR Coalition has a Video-Teleconferencing System which allows attorneys to communicate with detained clients via televideo from our office in DC.? CAIR Coalition is also available to assist in visiting the client at the jail.
Please contact our Staff Attorney, Pamela Guzman del Real at (202) 331-3320, ext. 14, if you are interested in taking this case.??
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