ASYLUM: New federal guidelines for immigrants seeking...
ASYLUM: New federal guidelines for immigrants seeking political asylum (A1) are expected to affect many of Orange County’s estimated 75,000 Central Americans. . . . Immigrant activist Evelyn Colon-Becktell says many of those people do not qualify for amnesty and are living here illegally. . . . Despite recent changes in Central America that have reduced the violence that drove many of them to Southern California, “I really don’t think there is a rush to go back,” Colon-Becktell says.
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