A smart and bubbly 8 year old Honduran girl who loves, loves, loves math, according to the director of the legal advocacy organization that helped her, Angelica is one of an estimated 60,000 undocumented minors from Central America caught since October 2013 while trying to flee into the U.S. Angelica was sent to New York to stay with an aunt while applying for legal standing, which she recently won. During one of her hearings, Angelica said she really wanted to speak, one of her legal advocates, Lenni Benson, told the New York City Council in September. The judge let her, and she told the court how safe and happy she was now in the United States, and that she loved going to school and loved coming home and sharing her day with her Aunt Mercy. When she finished, everyone in the courtroom had tears in their eyes, even the courts bailiff, said Benson. citylimits.org/news/articles/5186/what-awaits-unaccompanied-minors-in-new-york?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+citylimitsorg+%28CityLimits.org+News+%26+Investigations%29#.VFCGeHW98Vk
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:18:28 +0000
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