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Asylum means Olga Ponomareva won't be deported to a prison sentence in Russia. The immigration judge said hers was the best documented asylum case he had ever seen.

SAN DIEGO -- Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva stands on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible, most in Russian or Ukrainian.

Two families of Jehovah's Witnesses fled Russia and made their way to San Diego. Now they are seeking asylum on the basis of religious persecution.

Two families fled Russia and crossed the San Diego-Tijuana border through the car lanes. Now they are seeking asylum on the basis of religious persecution.