Refugee relief groups in Northern California and volunteers from the UC Davis School of Medicine are working together to help those seeking asylum. Jesse DeHaven, an immigration legal fellow at the International Relief Commission in Northern California, said last year was inundated with requests for help from refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Eritrea. As of May 2022, her 100 million people have been displaced worldwide, according to his UNHCR report, a non-profit refugee assistance organization. This is up from 89.3 million he has by the end of 2021. and complicated. “They are often asylum seekers who have arrived at the border fleeing perilous conditions in their home countries, seeking asylum in the United States and are in the process of being required to prove they have been persecuted. based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are members of a particular social group,” Dehaven said. She said she could work with many clients. One of those clients is a Stanislaus County resident who chose to remain anonymous. “They lifted my shirt and started cutting me with something. They told me they were cutting my baby out of my stomach and trying to feed me.” I started bleeding, so I knew they were going to kill me.I left my hometown and headed for the Tijuana-San Diego border in hopes of asylum in the United States. , managed to cross the border, but was deported with her three children after giving birth to a church where two organizations helped her case.About a year later, they took charge of the case, DeHaven. and received support from another volunteer group at the UC Davis School of Medicine.A newly founded student-led organization, the UC Davis Human Rights Initiative (HRI), provides medical assistance to asylum seekers in Sacramento. Both Jain and Shaheen said they came up with the idea to create the organization after working at a Sacramento County clinic. received grants to help pay for forensic equipment and transportation for six clients, a resident and six medical students of UC Davis who donated these services from medical professionals and students The fact that they are helping me is really helpful.” It was the first time that 10 volunteers were selected. Doctors and students at the University of California, Davis are expert witnesses, and the victim was granted asylum in Sacramento federal court last July.
Refugee relief groups in Northern California and volunteers from the UC Davis School of Medicine are working together to help those seeking asylum.
Jessie DeHaven, Immigration Legal Fellow International Rescue Commission of Northern CaliforniaLast year, the country was inundated with requests for help from refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Eritrea.
USA for UNHCR, a non-profit refugee assistance organization, reports that as of May 2022, 100 million people have been displaced worldwide. This is up from 89.3 million he has by the end of 2021.
For those seeking asylum in the United States, the process of avoiding deportation is a multi-year and complicated one.
“They are often asylum seekers who have arrived at the border fleeing perilous conditions in their home countries, seeking asylum in the United States and are in the process of being required to prove they have been persecuted. based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are members of a particular social group,” DeHaven said.
Asylum seekers must go through the Deportation Defense Program in order to stay in the United States. DeHaven says he has been able to work with many clients through fellowships.
One of those customers is a Stanislaus County resident who chose to remain anonymous. She spoke to her KCRA 3 in detail about her alleged kidnapping and torture at the hands of the cartel in her home state of Michoacan, Mexico.
“They lifted my shirt and started slashing me with something. I don’t know. They said they were going to cut my baby out of my stomach and feed me. I I knew they were going to kill me because I started bleeding,” she recalled.
Fearing for her life, the woman left her hometown and headed for the Tijuana-San Diego border to seek asylum in the United States. with children.
They walked to a church, where two organizations assisted her with the case. About a year later, they got in touch with her DeHaven, who was in charge of the case, and received help from another volunteer group at the UC Davis School of Medicine.of UC Davis Human Rights Initiative (HRI)a newly created student-led organization that provides medical and psychological assessments for asylum seekers in Sacramento.
HRI was co-founded by Sharad Jain, Associate Dean of Students and Physician of Internal Medicine, and Farah Shaheen, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine.
After working at a Sacramento County clinic, both Jain and Shaheen learned that these patients were more likely to receive asylum if they had a medical evaluation attached to their affidavits. He said he got the idea to set up an organization.
Other members of HRI, two residents and six medical students, received grants to help pay for forensic equipment and transportation for six clients.
“The more money we spend on each case, the fewer cases we accept, so the fact that these services are donated by UC Davis medical professionals and students has really helped,” says the client. DeHaven, a beneficiary, said. from this organization.
For the 10 applicants, this was the first win. Doctors and students at the University of California, Davis are expert witnesses, and the victim was granted asylum in Sacramento federal court last July.
