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Shenandoah Valley Company Reunites Immigrant Mother and Son [View all]
From WVIR-TV
Shenandoah Valley Company Reunites Immigrant Mother and Son
(BALTIMORE, Md.) - An organization in the Shenandoah Valley was in Baltimore on Friday morning as a Guatemalan woman and her son were reunited.
Beata Mariana De Jesus Mejia-Mejia was reunited wither her 7-year-old son, Darwin, early Friday morning after being separated for a month. Mejia was put in jail in Arizona and her son was taken to a detention center at the U.S. border while trying to seek asylum in the United States.
Libre by Nexus, located in Harrisonburg, has a mission to help immigrants navigate the United States’ legal system. Nexus paid for Meija’s jail bond and helped her win in U.S. District Court on Thursday to get her son out of the detention center.
Meija and her son traveled from Guatemala to the U.S. border over a period of weeks, traveling more than 1,800 miles by foot. According to Meija, they fled their home country to escape “certain death.”
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(BALTIMORE, Md.) - An organization in the Shenandoah Valley was in Baltimore on Friday morning as a Guatemalan woman and her son were reunited.
Beata Mariana De Jesus Mejia-Mejia was reunited wither her 7-year-old son, Darwin, early Friday morning after being separated for a month. Mejia was put in jail in Arizona and her son was taken to a detention center at the U.S. border while trying to seek asylum in the United States.
Libre by Nexus, located in Harrisonburg, has a mission to help immigrants navigate the United States’ legal system. Nexus paid for Meija’s jail bond and helped her win in U.S. District Court on Thursday to get her son out of the detention center.
Meija and her son traveled from Guatemala to the U.S. border over a period of weeks, traveling more than 1,800 miles by foot. According to Meija, they fled their home country to escape “certain death.”
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More at http://www.nbc29.com/story/38489092/verona-company-reunites-immigrant-mother-and-son
Some posts about Nexus this past March:
Gathering to witness against hate https://www.democraticunderground.com/10814864
Militia to protest in Verona - Nexus Services asks for gathering in oposition. https://www.democraticunderground.com/10814863
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