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Dayanara Lopez and her children Josue Isaac and Genesis pose in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. In the photo, Lopez holds a Bible which she brought on the journey to the U.S.

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Asylum seekers in San Antonio, Migration
Dayanara Lopez and her children Josue Isaac and Genesis pose in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. In the photo, Lopez holds a Bible which she brought on the journey to the U.S.