Simpson Thacher Secures Asylum for Salvadoran Client
04.07.22
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The Firm successfully represented an asylum seeker from El Salvador in obtaining a grant of asylum in an individual merits hearing in Immigration Court. The applicant fled El Salvador as a teenager because a MS-13 gang leader was threatening to harm her in order to pressure her parents to pay him extortion money. In a hearing on April 6, 2022, the Immigration Judge heard testimony from the applicant, considered the Firm’s legal arguments and granted her asylum, finding that the applicant was credible and had met her legal burden of proof. The applicant’s testimony and the Firm’s legal arguments also satisfied the United States government, who did not oppose the grant of asylum and waived its right to appeal.
The Simpson Thacher team included Abram Ellis, Andrew Jensen and Lindsey Bohl.