Girls Matter
Centering Gender in Status Offense Reform Efforts
Centering Gender in Status Offense Reform Efforts
“I hope [my attorneys] will be able to help other people—the same way they helped me.”
Shackled hand and foot on a deportation flight to Mexico, Naomi* sat weeping and praying. Her parents brought her to the United States when she was nine years old. Though she had struggled to navigate the complex path to legal residency, she had built a life in the Chicago area, with children and grandchildren she would be leaving behind. When she ...