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Case Study #2 - Continental African female
- Illegally smuggled into the U.S. in
1988 when she was 11 (with falsified documents claiming parent)
- Forced to raise the two children of an African physician
(employee of City of New York), did the household jobs
and light shopping without pay
- Raped by her captor starting at the age of 11; Impregnated
by the age of 13
- Removed from captive situation by New York City Child
Welfare Administration in 1990 and placed in foster care.
Pregnancy terminated. No immigration services provided
- Interviewed by Bronx District Attorney, and testified
during trial of her captor. No immigration services provide
- Has no relative in the U. S.
- Immigrant African professionals medical doctors in
Harlem Hospital in New York conducted fundraising for the
captor when he was arrested. None for the victim
- Her captor plead guilty to rape charge in 1992
- Remained in the foster home till present (age 26)
- In 1999, Africans In America, Inc. Board members intervened
when she received INS voluntary departure letter
- Africans In America, Inc. Board members brought the
situation to the attention of the authority, and advocated
for her.
- Board members provided affidavit of support
- An African consulate in New York approached refused
to offer assistance and support
- Board member linked her with her family in Africa,
and translated their telephone conversations
- INS reversed itself and issues her a Law Enforcement
Statement identifying her as victim of trafficking
- Recently, she received T Visa which makes her eligible
for various benefits including green card and citizenship
- Africans In America, Inc. continues to provide support.
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