Immigration judge grants asylum to suburban teen activist from Honduras
by Elvia Malagon, Chicago Tribune
Mar 01, 2018
2 minutes
CHICAGO - She was robbed at gunpoint in her native Honduras, fled the country by herself at 13 to find her mother in the United States and spent several years in legal limbo, but on Wednesday, Maryori Urbina-Contreras seemed to finally find an oasis in a rough journey.
A Chicago immigration judge early Wednesday evening granted the 17-year-old's bid for asylum - an against-the-odds plea - setting the girl
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