U.S. May Be Open to Asylum for Spouse Abuse - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Sam Obstfeld on 17 Nov 09This article details the growing trend of abused and battered women from Guatemala to seek asylum in the United States. In Guatemala, the law refuses to aid the women or protect them, which has led to enormously high rates of spousal killings. Unfortunately, violence against women in Guatelmala is not considered a crime