8th circuit

In Granados Gaitan v. Holder, NIJC filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of Mr. Gaitan’s petition for rehearing.  Mr. Gaitan is an asylum seeker from El Salvador.  In El Salvador, MS-13 members attempted to recruit him, and threatened him and his family after he refused to join the gang.  He fled to the United States in April 2002 when he was approximately 14 years old, and was placed in removal proceedings five years later.  Mr.