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SCOTUS Backs Transgender Guatemalan Woman Challenging Her Deportation

HeadlineMay 12, 2023

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a transgender woman from Guatemala who is challenging her deportation. The justices unanimously backed Estrella Santos-Zacaria, who now has another chance to argue for her right to asylum as she faces persecution back home. Santos-Zacaria fled to the U.S. after being raped as a young teenager and threatened with death because she is transgender.

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