An asylum seeker describes the two years he spent in immigrant detention as the result of bad legal advice and a broken tail light.
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Imprisoned and beaten for his religious beliefs, Lobsang, a 21-year-old Buddhist Tibetan, fled to the United States. After requesting asylum at O'Hare International Airport, he was detained in a county jail by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Andra Tai was born in Ghana and came to the United States in 2000 to marry her fiancé, a U.S. citizen. When tragedy struck the family, Andra's immigration status was put at risk. But her son's life depended on her ability to remain in the United States.