Grace, an indigenous woman from Guatemala, came to the
United States this summer to flee an abusive partner who, over the course of
their 22-year relationship, regularly beat and threatened to kill her and her
children, even after she tried to leave him. He sexually assaulted both Grace
(not her real name) and her daughter, and once beat her daughter so badly while
she was pregnant that she had a miscarriage. Grace’s abuser has two sons from a
previous relationship who are members of a powerful gang and, in recent years,
have joined their father in terrorizing Grace. The police offered her no
protection, but instead cooperated in evicting her from her home when her
abuser fraudulently claimed her title. The gang to which her abuser’s sons
belong has networks across Guatemala, leading Grace to fear she would not be
safe anywhere in the country.
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