Women who have been raped for one of those reasons have won asylum.

Finally, they won political asylum to stay in the United States, and sent for her to join them.

He failed to win asylum and was deported only months before Congress passed a law in 1996 that would have strengthened his case for asylum.

Another 50 or so disappeared after being released on bail earlier in the 1990's, while about as many have won asylum or citizenship.

Mrs. Alvarado won asylum, but an appeals panel reversed the decision.

Its government has enacted a series of laws that make it harder to enter the country and to win asylum.

Months after they met, he heard that she had won asylum for her client and called to congratulate her.

They spoke of his courage, his determination until the very end to win asylum in the adopted country where he died alone.

His deportation ended his month-long effort to win political asylum in Mexico.

As a result, some Haitians are winning asylum for stories that would have been dismissed a few years ago.