Congolese Woman Receives Reprieve; Board to Reopen Asylum Case, Staving Off Deportation
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › June 10, 2005
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Regina Bakala thought that by Wednesday, she would be flying back to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where she believed she would face torture, even death. Instead, by today, she should be back in her Milwaukee home with her husband and two young children.
Bakala, the Congolese woman whose deportation case has rallied her church and many others in the Milwaukee area, will be allowed to stay in the United States for now because the Board of Immigration Appeals decided to reopen her asylum case.See the full content of this document
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Congolese Woman Receives Reprieve; Board to Reopen Asylum Case, Staving Off Deportation
The last-minute decision announced Monday brought relief and joy to the hundreds of supporters who sought, through the Internet, the legal system and legislators, to keep Bakala from being sent back to Congo.
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